10/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - Commissioners Philippe Busquin and Gunter Verheugen are taking part in a meeting on Thursday with EU Research Minister and those of the 13 candidate countries for enlargement. The meeting mainly concerns preparing the 6th Research and Development Framework Programme (RDFP) and ways better to involve the applicant countries that are already part of the 5th RDFP. It will be followed by a press conference.