A Competitiveness Council will be held on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 November in Brussels, where the ministers responsible for the Internal Market, Research and Space will meet to follow up the Budapest Declaration (see EUROPE B13521A2). They will attempt to make their contribution to the work via a set of conclusions on the future of competitiveness. They are also expected to stress the importance of strengthening the EU’s research sector, again with the aim of becoming more...