Brussels, 11/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - In high-tech development, the EU “has been continually running behind” and this is unlikely to change, despite the initiatives undertaken by the European Commission. Such a major weakness was noted in an opinion from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) mid-December 2012, showing the EU's inability to “translate its knowledge base into goods and services”.
The EESC was approached by the Commission to give an opinion on a second...