“There’s not so much new in the debate,” said Hans Martens, the chief executive of the Brussels-based European Policy Centre. Discussions about innovation have been going on for years in Brussels and work on the Innovation Union document itself began in 2009. “It’s now all about getting action. Action, action, action.”
One big difference now is that innovation has been pushed up the EU agenda, moving beyond being a concern of R&D or industry directorates, with the president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, deciding to dedicate the summit of heads of state in December to the subject.
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Author: Anna Jenkinson
