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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9229

11 July 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/informal competitiveness council
Finnish Presidency and Commission put innovation at top of Community agenda - Mr Verheugen openly criticises certain Member States' inertia

Jyväskylä, 10/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Jyväskylä from 9 to 11 July on the initiative of the Finnish industry minister and President of the Competitiveness Council Mauri Pekkarinen, on Monday EU industry and research ministers began their informal discussions exploring means to strengthen Europe's potential for innovation. Working from a preparatory document that had been distributed to delegations (see EUROPE 9228), Mr Pekkarinen set out the Finnish Presidency's guidelines...

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