Brussels, 02/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - At last week's press conference for presenting the 6th Research Framework Programme, Commissioner Philippe Busquin referred to the lack of public an private investment in Europe. Research and development technology spending was in the range of EUR 288 billion in the USA in 2000 as opposed to only EUR 164 billion in the European Union. The Commissioner pointed out that, "In Euro values at current rates, the gap between the USA and EU widened to EUR 124...