Brussels, 01/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - Monday evening, Commissioner Philippe Busquin presented the European Parliament's Committee on Industry with the European Commission's communication on the plan for a European Area of Research (see EUROPE of 19 January, p.6). He pointed out how far behind Europe was, dedicating a mere 1.8% of its GDP to research, whereas the United States devoted 2.8% and Japan almost 3%.. He pleaded in favour of the networking of players in European research, a...