A European Commission effort to use government procurement powers to spur innovation faces a series of key political tests this spring, according to top EU officials.

“It’s crunch time,” said Robert Madelin, Director-General for Information Society and Media at the European Commission. A series of Commission proposals on the topic are being debated this Spring, in the Parliament and among the EU member-states.“If we get a clearer mandate [from member states] on pre-commercial procurement this year, it...

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