The EU27 ministers responsible for industrial issues agreed on the need to build on the most innovative sectors to support EU regions lagging behind the EU average, at an informal ‘Competitiveness’ meeting on Wednesday 20 July.
“Our presidency priorities do indeed state that we need to have solutions which ensure convergence of regions and an approximation of living standards in the European Union. That is, after all, one of the very aims of the European Union. So, there is a...