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EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU has made some headway in its bid to make itself more innovative and boost its economy but is still lagging far behind the US and Japan, a new report by the European Commission has shown. The study, released on Thursday (22 January), indicates that the 27-nation bloc has seen a strong rise in the number of graduates in areas such as science and engineering as well as a boost in the availability of internet broadband and the amount of private capital to spend on innovation. The EU is producing more graduates in science and engineering. But investment by businesses in research and development in the union has stagnated while EU companies' expenditure on training and new equipment - seen as an important contributor to growth - is declining.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU has made some headway in its bid to make itself more innovative and boost its economy but is still lagging far behind the US and Japan, a new report by the European Commission has shown.
The study, released on Thursday (22 January), indicates that the 27-nation bloc has seen a strong rise in the number of graduates in areas such as science and engineering as well as a boost in the availability of internet broadband and the amount of private capital to spend on innovation.
The EU is producing more graduates in science and engineering. But investment by businesses in research and development in the union has stagnated while EU companies' expenditure on training and new equipment - seen as an important contributor to growth - is declining.
Could this be the same study, perhaps?
