Brussels, 01/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - An independent audit should be conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of public spending in research and innovation in the EU. That is the wish expressed by Jean-Pierre Audy (EPP, France), a member of the European Parliament (EP) research and energy committee (ITRE), on Wednesday 31 August. “I have suggested that an independent audit be carried out by the European Court of Auditors working with national audit commissions into the effectiveness of...