Science|Business
Policy Analysis: Policy
Published: 12 July 2012
MEPs propose moving the EIT to Strasbourg (and Parliament to Brussels)

Peter Koekoek, Science|Business

Strasbourg should become the EU’s innovation capital, say MEPs. The proposal is an attempt to break the deadlock with France about the seat of the European Parliament


Strasbourg's European Parliament buildings are deserted for most of the year. Image: EP

MEPs have managed to slip one of the European Parliament’s main disputes with the Member States – the location of its seat - into the discussion about the EU’s next R&D funding programme, Horizon 2020. EU deputies are proposing to relocate the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to Strasbourg - saying its presence could help Strasbourg become the EU’s innovation capital. This in turn would make up for the loss in prestige and the...

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Related subjects: EIT, European Institute of Innovation and Technology, European Parliament, France, Horizon 2020, ALDE, Greens, GUE/NGL, Strasbourg

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