The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council is continuing its preparations for the meeting of the EU ‘Competitiveness’ Council dedicated to research, to be held on Friday 8 December(see EUROPE B13296A9). To this end, the Presidency has sent the Member States’ delegations a note on a monitoring report drawn up by the European Commission on the first 18 months of implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda at European level. This report will be the subject of a...