02/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - A broad online public consultation on the future of the European Research Area, launched on 4 April this year with the Green Paper entitled The European Research Area: New Perspectives is now open for contributions at the following address: http: //ec.europa.eu/research/era. Consultation is open until 31 August. The debate on this issue will continue until the end of the year. (oj)