20/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - "Just two months ago, the Commission, at my initiative, proposed in its communication to the European Council of Barcelona that it should fix an ambitious objective regarding R&D spending, that is 3% by 2010, two thirds of which would come from companies. I am pleased to note that the Heads of State and Government have endorsed this overall objective". This was the comment made by Philippe Busquin, a pleased European Commissioner for Research, regarding the...