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Friedbert Pflüger: Climate change is no longer the EU’s only priority
The EU’s climate policy has not vanished but the approach today is probably more balanced towards other aims like energy supply security and competitiveness, Friedbert Pflüger said in an interview with EurActiv Slovakia.

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Biofuels industry sent ‘three mails an hour’ in ILUC lobby offensive - 07 May 2013 - News

EXCLUSIVE / Biofuels companies and associations sent EU cabinet members three e-mails an hour, many containing catastrophic warnings, in the run-up to a recent European Commission proposal to account for greenhouse gas emissions that the fuel crops might indirectly cause.

EU moves to cut red tape for research - 25 January 2011 - News

The European Commission has taken steps to simplify EU funding for research and innovation to cut costs and attract more participants, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Structural funds 'key to innovation plan' - 15 September 2010 - News

The overwhelming majority of innovation experts want EU structural funds to be used to get innovative products and services to the market, according to a new survey. As the European Commission readies its new innovation plan, a consensus is also forming around the need to slash bureaucratic procedures and boost venture capital funding.

Governments want research funding at heart of innovation plan - 28 May 2010 - News

Research ministers from across Europe have urged Innovation Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to make finance a top priority in the EU's forthcoming research and innovation plan.

EU commissioner planning 'step change' in innovation policy - 05 May 2010 - News

Europe's new Research and Innovation Strategy will be "fundamentally different to what we've done before," EU Innovation Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

Geoghegan-Quinn: We must communicate our R&D - 05 May 2010 - Interview

Europe is doing "wonderful" research but has failed to communicate this to the public, EU Innovation Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn told EurActiv in an interview. She wants to rename 'FP8', the European Commission's research programme, to make it more meaningful to citizens and is pledging to make funds more accessible to small businesses.

Irish commissioner caves in to public anger over pension - 27 April 2010 - News

Irish EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has caved in to public outrage in her home country and agreed to give up her lucrative Irish state pension while serving at the EU executive.

EU to convene subgroup of 'innovation commissioners' - 19 April 2010 - News

The European Commission will formally establish a subgroup of at least eight EU commissioners with a stake in innovation policy when it meets this week.

EU innovation strategy delayed until 'autumn' - 18 March 2010 - News

The European Commission will publish a new 'Research and Innovation Plan' ahead of an autumn meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. The plan, first floated last year as the European Innovation Act, was originally to be published by spring 2010.

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