The EU's new innovation strategy must do more to link research,
education and entrepreneurship if it is to tackle Europe's "innovation
gap", Dr. Georg Schütte, Germany's junior minister for education and
research, told EurActiv in an interview.
Germany wants to see the European Research Area anchored in the European Plan for Research and Innovation, and is pushing for less red tape as well as mutual recognition of common national funding procedures.
"We expect a clear commitment to the principle of excellence and to a simplification of procedures and reduced bureaucracy at national and European level," said Schütte, state secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
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