Brussels, 25/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The “Competitiveness” Council approved its common position on the 7th research framework programme for 2007-13 by qualified majority voting without debate on 25 September. Twenty countries accounting for 267 votes according to the vote weighting system in force voted for and five countries: Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Austria and Slovakia, representing 54 votes, votes against, due to their opposition involving human stem cell research. In a...