Speaking to a group of journalists on Friday 8 January to present his priorities for the next six months, the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, whose country has held the Presidency of the Council of the EU since 1 January, stressed the urgent need to invest more in European research.
He began his speech by recalling the objective of overall investment of at least 3% of the Union’s GDP in research and development, again advocated by the...