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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8452

30 April 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
Commission adopts action plan to increase research in Europe

Brussels, 29/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - At a press conference in Brussels on Tuesday, Commissioner Philippe Busquin unveiled an Action Plan the European Commission will be adopting on Wednesday to increase the level of investment in R&D in the European Union from 1.9% to 3% of GDP by 2010 as called for by the March 2002 Barcelona European Council. Most of this increase in investment in research will be provided by the private sector, which will fund two-thirds of the additional investment....

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