The EU’s top research and innovation official on competition, defence and the framework programme
When Research Europe sat down for an interview with the European Commission’s top research and innovation official, Marc Lemaître, he acknowledged that the EU’s economic competitiveness is “the talk in town” at the moment, as he put it.
The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU member state governments (which began this month and runs until December) has just announced that competitiveness will be a top priority during its term at the helm. And the second of two reports on competitiveness, requested from former prime ministers of Italy, is eagerly awaited in EU policy circles.