Strasbourg, 26/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Parliament gave its backing to the Commission's proposal to set up a European Institute of Technology (EIT) in its first-reading report adopted today by large majority. MEPs, however, introduced the following amendments to the Commission's initial text: 1) the name of the institution should be the “European Institute of Innovation and Technology”; 2) “knowledge and innovation communities” (KICs), partnerships of...