Philippe Busquin in the front line. Within the European Parliament and the Commission alike, there is a tendency to consider that the Juncker compromise over the financial perspectives 2007-2013 was so devastating to the research sector that its rejection was actually a positive thing. In other words, the breakdown of last week's Summit was preferable to any result which would have compromised the commitment of the Union to future-orientated activities, and Tony Blair was quite right to call...