The 2021 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard, published on Monday 21 June by the European Commission, shows progress, especially in some of the countries that have performed less well.
The average performance of countries designated as “moderate” innovators thus improved by 16 percentage points compared to 2014, which is the largest increase of any group. Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Italy and Lithuania, in particular, show an improvement in performance of 25 percentage points or...