14/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - Two reports on research and development (R&D) in the EU, published on Wednesday by Eurostat, reveal that, on average, the share of R&D spending in GDP stood at 1.87% in the EU in 1998. The four most active regions in this field are all situated in Germany (Braunschweig, Stuttgart, Oberbayern, Tübingen), and all allocate over 4% of their GDP to R&D spending. In absolute value, the Ile de France, which devoted EUR 13.4 billion to R&D spending in 1999, was the...