Sixteen EU Member States have sent their comments on the Commission’s proposal for a Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) to replace the Sovereignty Fund to the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU (see EUROPE B13226A4, B13205A3). According to a document obtained by EUROPE, several countries, including the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, have expressed reservations about the principle of injecting new funds into the budget in general, including to finance STEP...