Hungarian minister unhappy for research funding gap between EU member states

The Council of the European Union plans to adopt a conclusion on reducing the research funding gap among member states in the interest of improving the bloc’s competitiveness, the minister for culture and innovation said in Brussels on Friday.

Speaking to the press ahead of a meeting of the Competitiveness Council, Balázs Hankó said there was high fragmentation in research funding between central and eastern European and western European member states.

He said ministers also plan to adopt a conclusion on the BIOEAST initiative focused on the sustainability of European food security. The initiative, he noted, also involves the Western Balkan and eastern European countries.

The council will also adopt a conclusion on advanced materials and how they can contribute to the European Union’s technological advancement, Hankó said.

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