By adopting the draft recommendation on the subject on Thursday 23 May, the ministers drew up an initial common definition for strengthening the security of research (see EUROPE B13406A27), based on a European Commission proposal that was part of a legislative package on economic security (see EUROPE B13335A4).
The main objective,as Belgian minister Willy Borsus emphasised, is to help Member States and research or funding bodies to deal with certain risks inherent in international...