Brussels, 14/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - During her hearing before MEPs, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn of Ireland, commissioner-designate for research, innovation and science, deployed great energy in showing how she planned to tackle a series of major tasks to achieve less red tape, more researchers, funding for research, and to combat the high cost of patents while developing the European Research Area (ERA). “The EU must become a true innovation union”, she said, underlining that her task...