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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8642

11 February 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
Commissioner Busquin obtains doubling of budget for Community research

Brussels, 10/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The financial perspectives presented by the Commission will include a doubling in the research budget as from 2007 (around EUR 10 bn annually for a single framework programme). Commissioner Busquin believes that this increase is crucial for reaching the objectives of the Union for competitiveness and growth but also for meeting the needs of research. He also stressed that half of all research projects should receive Community funding given that their...

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