Brussels, 23/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has reached a political agreement on the creation of the European Institute of Technology (EIT), the Portuguese research minister, José Manuel Gago, announced on Friday. This agreement, which is the result of an informal compromise between the Council and the European Parliament during the Portuguese presidency, will allow work to start on the implementation of the EIT regulation from spring 2008, once the second reading, planned for...