24 February 2011 - In 2008, the Southern and Eastern region of Ireland had the 19th highest GDP per inhabitant, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards, of the EU 27's 271 NUTS-2 regions. This is according to new data released today by Eurostat which puts Southern and Eastern Ireland's GDP per inhabitant at €37,000, or 148% of the EU average. However, the figure for the Border, Midland and Western region of Ireland fell below EU average. In this region, GDP per inhabitant was €23,300, or just 93% of the EU average of €25,100.

GDP per inhabitant in the NUTS-2 regions ranged from 28% of the EU average in the region of Severozapaden in Bulgaria, to 343% of the average in Inner London in the United Kingdom.

The leading regions were Inner London (343% of the average), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (279%), Brussels in Belgium (216%), Groningen in the Netherlands (198%), Hamburg in Germany (188%) and Praha in the Czech Republic (172%). Of the 40 regions exceeding the 125% level, ten were in Germany, five in the Netherlands, four each in Austria and the United Kingdom, three each in Spain and Italy, two each in Belgium and Finland, and one each in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Slovakia, Sweden and Ireland, as well as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

It should be noted, however, that in some regions the GDP per inhabitant figures can be significantly influenced by commuter flows. Net commuter inflows in these regions push up production to a level that could not be achieved by the resident active population on its own. The result is that GDP per inhabitant appears to be overestimated in these regions and underestimated in regions with commuter outflows.

Full statistics are available here: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/1-24022011-AP/EN/1-24022011-AP-EN.PDF

23 February 2011 - The full text of the Declaration made on 23 February by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on behalf of the European Union on Libya is reproduced below.

The European Union expresses its grave concern about the situation unfolding in Libya. We strongly condemn the violence and use of force against civilians and deplore the repression against peaceful demonstrators which has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.
These brutal mass violations of human rights are unacceptable.

The EU reiterates its call for an immediate end to the use of force and for steps to address the legitimate demands of the population, including through national dialogue. All restrictions of freedom of expression, including the internet, and of peaceful assembly must be lifted immediately. The will of the people in Libya must be respected and the EU stands by them.

We welcome the UN Security Council statement of 22 February 2011, which calls on the Government of Libya to meet its responsibility to protect its population and which calls on the Libyan authorities to respect human rights and international humanitarian law. We also welcome the Arab League statement of 22 February.

Immediate access should be provided for international human rights monitors and humanitarian agencies. The EU is ready to supply humanitarian aid where needed.

The EU also urges the Libyan authorities to ensure the safety of all foreign nationals, and to facilitate the departure of those wishing to leave the country.

The EU also welcomes the UN Security Council's call for a transparent, credible and independent investigation into events in Libya and the holding of a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on 25 February.

In this context, the EU stresses that those responsible for the brutal aggression and violence against civilians will be held to account. The EU has decided to suspend negotiations with Libya on the EU-Libya Framework Agreement and is ready to take further measures.

17 February 2011 - Ireland is among the twenty-one EU Member States who have today been urged to rapidly introduce all legislative measures necessary for the pan-EU deployment of Mobile Satellite Services (MSS). These services can be used for high-speed internet, mobile television and radio or emergency communications to EU consumers and businesses.

According to a timetable agreed by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in 2008, MMS should be introduced in all Member States by May 2011 at the latest. On 13 May 2009, Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited were selected by the Commission to provide pan-EU mobile satellite services. Ireland is one of twenty-one Member States who have not yet adopted all of the national rules needed to facilitate MSS deployment.

Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, said: "Member States should urgently take all measures necessary to allow the introduction of mobile satellite services throughout the EU. Mobile satellite services have an important role to play in providing innovative services to businesses and citizens across Europe, including in rural or remote areas, and in meeting our Digital Agenda targets of making broadband available to everyone in Europe." The key role that wireless broadband (both satellite and terrestrial) can play in ensuring widespread broadband coverage, particularly in remote and rural areas, is underlined in the Digital Agenda for Europe.

Vice-President Kroes has today written to the twenty-one Member States in question urging them to remove remaining legal uncertainties, such as licence fees, and to put in place all necessary implementation measures without further delay. The twenty-one Member States are Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

For more information:

The study on measures taken by Member States for the introduction of mobile satellite services can be found here.

Neelie Kroes' website

Digital Agenda website

The European Commission welcomes the European Parliament voting in favour of a regulation on rights of passengers travelling by bus and coach after difficult negotiations.

After air, rail and water, now transport by road will also be covered by a specific set of rights for passengers, thus completing the legal framework for users of all transport modes at EU level.

Bus and coach passengers, and in particular passengers with a disability and people with a reduced mobility, will enjoy new rights that will protect them when they travel anywhere within the European Union.

Siim Kallas, Commission Vice-President in charge of transport, said: "Thanks to this new regulation, passenger rights will be extended also to bus and coach transport. Passengers travelling by road will benefit from the same basic service quality standards wherever and however they travel in the Union. With the adoption of a regulation on rights for bus and coach passengers EU passenger protection will now cover all modes. I am very satisfied that the EU has established the first integrated area of passenger rights for all modes of transport in the world."

The adoption of the regulation on bus and coach passenger rights follows shortly after the adoption of regulation 1177/2010 on passenger rights for maritime and inland waterways transport which will enter into force in December 2012.

Now that the coverage of all transport modes by EU passenger rights legislation has been achieved, the Commission will prepare a communication reviewing the features of passenger protection in all transport sectors in view of enhancing their consistency and effectiveness in the context of an ever-increasing intermodal transport.

The new rights applicable to long distance services (i.e. of more than 250 km) include amongst others:

• protection of passengers in case of death, injury, loss or damage caused by road accidents (national law cannot set a maximum amount lower than €220,000 per passenger and €1,200 per item of luggage),
• protection of passengers with regard to immediate practical needs in case of an accident (with the possibility to offer up to two nights' hotel accommodation, for a total amount of €80 per night),
• specific assistance free of charge for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility both at terminals and on board, and, where necessary, transport free of charge for accompanying people,
• guarantee of reimbursement or rerouting in situations of overbooking or in case of cancellation or following a delay of more than 120 minutes from the estimated time of departure,
• adequate assistance (snacks, meals and refreshments) in situations of cancellation or following a delay of more than 90 minutes in the case of a journey of more than three hours,
• more particularly, obligation in those cases, for carriers, if necessary, to provide two nights' hotel accommodation to stranded passengers, for a maximum amount of €80 per night, except in case of severe weather conditions and major natural disasters,
• compensation of 50% of the ticket price following more than 120 minutes' delay from the estimated time of departure, cancellation of a journey and if the carrier fails to offer the passenger either rerouting or reimbursement.

Additionally, the following rights will be applicable to all services (beyond or below 250 km):

• non-discrimination against passengers based - directly or indirectly - on nationality,
• non-discriminatory treatment of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility as well financial compensation for loss or damage of their mobility equipment in case of accident,
• minimum rules on travel information for all passengers before and during their journey as well as general information about their rights in terminals and online,
• a complaint handling mechanisms by carriers available to all passengers,
• independent national bodies in each Member State with the mandate to enforce the Regulation and where appropriate to take penalties.

Next steps

After yesterday's vote in the European Parliament and Council's endorsement on 31 January 2011, the regulation will be formally adopted. Its publication is expected before summer. The Regulation is due to enter into application two years after its publication.

15 February 2011 - 81% of Irish mobile users roaming in the EU use text messaging services, the highest rate of all EU countries, according to a new Eurobarometer survey released today. 62% of Irish people use voice services when roaming and 10% use internet services. Across the EU, women and young people are more likely to send text messages while men and older people prefer to make voice calls.

Almost three quarters of Europeans are worried about the cost of using their mobile phone while travelling in the EU. 72% of travellers limit their roaming calls due to high charges, even though the majority of them are aware that prices have fallen since 2006. Only 19% of people who use internet-related services on their phones when abroad believe that the charges are fair.

Despite this, more people are using their mobiles while travelling in the EU than four years ago, when the EU first introduced caps on roaming prices. While there was an estimated 13% fall in travel between 2006 and 2010, the overall volume of calls and texts sent and received while abroad grew during that period. Travellers report making 32% more calls, receiving 31% more calls and texting 43% more since 2006.

The EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, acting on a proposal from the European Commission, first introduced caps on roaming prices in 2007. In July 2009 revised rules were adopted to cut roaming prices further, so that by July 2011 the maximum charges allowed would be 35 cents per minute for calls made and 11 cents for calls received.

The results of this Eurobarometer survey, along with the public consultation on the future of the Roaming Regulation, will feed into the Commission's review of current EU roaming rules, due in June 2011. The performance target set by the Commission is that the there will be a negligible difference between roaming and national tariffs by 2015.

Eurobarometer Report: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/roaming/docs/survey2011_en.pdf

15 February 2011 - Latest figures from Eurostat show that Ireland recorded the second highest trade surplus in the EU after Germany for the period January to November 2010.  During that period, Irish exports rose by 5% to € 81.2 bn while imports dropped by 1% to €40.9 bn, giving a trade surplus of €40.3 bn. Furthermore this represents a rise of €4.4 bn over January to November 2009 when the total trade surplus was €35.9 bn.

Ireland had however the lowest export growth (5%) behind Greece (6%) and Denmark (9%). (Luxmbourg is lower but distorted for various reasons). Imports dropped only in Ireland (-1%) and Greece (-22%).

The United Kingdom (-105.4 bn) registered the largest deficit, followed by France (-57.4 bn), Spain (-46.5 bn), Italy (-24.5 bn), Greece (-21.0 bn), Portugal (-18.1 bn) and Poland (-11.9 bn).

The first estimate for the euro area (EA16) trade balance with the rest of the world in December 2010 gave a 0.5 bn euro deficit, compared with +3.2 bn in December 2009. The November 2010 balance was -1.5 bn, compared with +2.7 bn in November 2009. In December 2010 compared with November 2010, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 0.4% and imports by 1.1%.

The first estimate for the December 2010 extra-EU27 trade balance was a 10.5 bn euro deficit, compared with -2.9 bn in December 2009. In November 2010 the balance was -15.4 bn, compared with -7.7 bn in November 2009. In December 2010 compared with November 2010, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 0.3% and imports by 0.4%.

During 2010, euro area trade recorded a surplus of 0.7 bn euro, compared with +16.6 bn in 2009. The EU27 recorded a deficit of 143.3 bn in 2010, compared with -108.1 bn in 2009.

These data are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Full report and more tables here.

EU27 detailed results for January to November 2010

The EU27 deficit increased for energy (-267.1 bn euro in January-November 2010 compared with -218.4 bn in January-November 2009), while the surplus for manufactured goods rose (+156.7 bn compared with +142.5 bn).

EU27 trade with all its major partners grew in January-November 2010 compared with January-November 2009. The most notable increases were recorded for exports to Brazil (+48%), China and Turkey (both +38%), and for imports from Russia (+33%), China (+31%) and India (+30%).

The EU27 trade surplus increased with the USA (+67.0 bn euro in January-November 2010 compared with +42.6 bn in January-November 2009), Switzerland (+18.5 bn compared with +13.5 bn) and Turkey (+16.8 bn compared with +6.8 bn). The EU27 trade deficit increased with China (-154.8 bn compared with -121.7 bn), Russia (-61.2 bn compared with -45.9 bn) and Norway (-33.0 bn compared with -28.6 bn). The deficit remained nearly stable with Japan (-19.8 bn compared with -19.4 bn) and South Korea (-10.4 bn compared with -10.3).

Concerning the total trade of Member States, the largest surplus was observed in Germany (+140.3 bn euro in January-November 2010), followed by Ireland (+40.3 bn), the Netherlands (+38.1 bn) and Belgium (+16.5 bn). The United Kingdom (-105.4 bn) registered the largest deficit, followed by France (-57.4 bn), Spain (-46.5 bn), Italy (-24.5 bn), Greece (-21.0 bn), Portugal (-18.1 bn) and Poland (-11.9 bn).

Member States’ total trade (intra-EU + extra-EU) - non seasonally adjusted data      bn euro 

11 February 2011 - Three out of four EU citizens do not know Europe's single emergency phone number 112, according to an EU-wide survey released today. This life-saving free-phone number can be used to reach emergency services in all EU Member States. Ireland is placed near the bottom of the table, with just 18% of Irish citizens able to spontaneously identify 112 as the number to call the police, fire brigade or ambulance services from anywhere in the EU. Only citizens of Greece, Italy, the UK and Cyprus fared worse.

To mark European 112 Day on 11 February, the European Commission is urging Member States to step up their efforts to increase public awareness of the existence of 112. EU telecoms rules require Member States to make their citizens aware of the number. Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda said: "The European emergency number 112 saves lives, but only if people know about it. Member States must do more to ensure that everyone knows they can dial 112 in an emergency."

Progress at EU-level has been minimal in recent years, with awareness increasing by just 4% since 2008. While most countries report that they have taken some action to promote the number, only 27% of EU citizens received information related to 112 during the course of last year. In view of the slow progress, the Commission is assessing whether Member States are adequately fulfilling their obligation to inform citizens about 112.

New EU telecoms rules to be implemented by 25 May will increase the effectiveness of 112. These rules will require Member States to improve the accuracy and reliability of caller location information, thus speeding up the arrival of emergency services. They will also require that information about 112 be made available to travellers, for example in airports, train stations and bus terminals.

112 in Ireland

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has just launched a new website, www.112.ie, to raise awareness of the 112 EU emergency services number and to ensure the appropriate use of this service.

In Ireland, 112 can be used in parallel with 999. Dialling any of the two numbers from a handset will connect the caller to the emergency services. Calls to the emergency services are free of charge.

More

European Commission 112 Website

112 in Ireland 

Latest Eurobarometer 'The European Emergency Number 112'  

Latest COCOM report of the implementation of 112

9 February 2011 - European Commission Vice President, Antonio Tajani, today received a sample of the new European common mobile phone charger from Bridget Cosgrave, Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE. The common charger is a European Commission initiative designed to make life easier for consumers and to reduce the amount of electronic waste generated by mobile phone chargers. The common charger will be introduced to the EU market during the course of 2011.

In March 2009 the Commission urged phone manufacturers to adopt a common charger or else be subject to mandatory EU legislation.  As a result, in June 2009, Europe's 14 major mobile phone manufactures signed a Memorandum of Understanding which committed the industry to the provision of compatible chargers on the basis of a Micro-USB interface. New technical standards were published in December 2010, and the Commission is confident that the charger will become available early this year.

The European common charger means that consumers will not need to buy a new charger together with every mobile phone, and they may also benefit from cheaper stand-alone chargers. On top of this, consumers will no longer have the problem of not being able to borrow a friend's charger due to incompatibility with their own phone. The environmental benefits are also expected to be significant. Reducing the number of chargers sold will reduce the associated electronic waste. The common chargers are also expected to reduce energy consumption as they will comply with the newest European standards on energy efficiency.

Antonio Tajani, Commission Vice President with responsibility for industry and entrepreneurship, said: "I welcome the roll out of new chargers for mobile phones based on the new EU standard. This is genuine good news for the European consumer. Now we await the arrival of the new charger and compatible mobile phones on the shelves. I urge industry to speed up their introduction in the market to enable citizens throughout the EU to enjoy the advantages of a common charger as soon as possible."

The common charger is tangible proof of how standardisation can make life easier for Europeans. Standardisation is one of the key elements that the Commission promotes to untap the potential of the Single Market.

One Charger For All Website: http://www.onechargerforall.eu/en/
Viral Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIyo29pjgDI&feature=player_profilepage

8 February 2011 - February is International Scams Awareness Month

Have you ever been contacted out of the blue and offered the chance to make large sums of money through little or no effort? Most of us have. While extra cash is always tempting, how do you know if the offer is genuine or if it is a scam? One rule of thumb is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

While most of us may be confident that we can easily recognise a scam, scammers are becoming increasingly clever and inventive. One emerging type of internet fraud involves scammers posting false profiles onto dating websites to lure victims into sending large amounts of money to their online 'boyfriend' or 'girlfriend'. 

Research carried out last month in the UK by the Office of Fair Trading reveals that almost one in twenty people admit to having been scammed in the last year. The true figure is likely to be even higher as many victims are reluctant to acknowledge that they have been scammed. In fact, the OFT's research shows that 39% of scamming victims did not report the incident to the authorities.

So how do you know if you are dealing with a scam? Firstly, it is important to remember never to rush into sending money to someone you do not know, however genuine they may seem. You should also be wary of companies who ask for payment via money transfer. Money transfer is untraceable and should not be used to buy goods or services. If in doubt, talk to your family or friends, or contact the European Consumer Centrefor advice.

4 February 2011 - Fintan McGrath, a student at Confey College in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, is the Irish winner of the European Commission's annual 'Juvenes Translatores' Young Translators Contest. 'Juvenes Translatores' allows secondary school students from across Europe to test their translation skills in any of the 23 official EU languages. Each entrant has two hours to translate a one-page text, with Irish winner Fintan McGrath choosing to translate from Irish into English. Irish has been an official language of the EU since January 2007.

Around 3,000 17-year-old secondary school students participated in the competition on 23 November last. The 2010 contest received a record number of entries, up 25% on 2009, with more schools than ever applying to take part. The winners, one from each EU country, will be invited to an award ceremony in Brussels on 7 April.

The completed translations were marked by staff translators from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation. Each was assessed by a native speaker of the language into which the text had been translated. A selection board then picked the best translation from each EU country.

The prize will include a three-day trip to Brussels for each winner and an accompanying adult. The award ceremony will take place on 7 April where the winners will receive their prizes and certificates from Rytis Martikonis, the new head of the Commission's Translation Directorate-General. They will also have the opportunity to meet EU translators at work in the Commission.

Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, said: "I am delighted to see that the Young Translators' Contest continues to go from strength to strength. The record numbers involved highlights a strong commitment to language learning and I hope this will inspire other schools. Language learning opens doors and helps boost young people's development and employability."

'Juvenes Translatores' was run for the first time in 2007 as a pilot project to give young people a taste of what it is like to be a translator in an EU institution and to raise the profile of the translation profession and of language learning in schools. It has proved to be hugely popular, with 99% of participating schools saying that they would like to enter again. The contest has helped many young people to decide on their future careers, with several winners of previous rounds going on to study languages at university.

More

Official Contest Website

Facebook Page 

Winning Irish Entry

1 February 2011 - Ireland comes in with the innovation 'followers' in the EU's new Innovation Scoreboard, out today.

The figures also show that the EU is failing to close the innovation performance gap with its main international competitors: the US and Japan.

Within the EU, Sweden is the most impressive performer followed by Denmark, Finland and Germany. The UK, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, France, Cyprus, Slovenia and Estonia, in that order, form the next group.

Although the trends in most EU Member States are promising despite the economic crisis, progress is not fast enough. While the EU still maintains a clear lead over the emerging economies of India and Russia, Brazil is making steady progress, and China is catching up rapidly.

Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science said: “This new and improved Innovation Union Scoreboard highlights the innovation emergency in Europe. Innovation is as essential to a successful modern economy as water is to life. It is at the core of economic policy-making and the main way economies create jobs. So today's Scoreboard is a central plank of the Europe 2020 Strategy. We want Member States to make full use of it to build on their strengths and to address weaknesses."

MORE

These are some of the main conclusions from the 2010 Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) published today by the European Commission. This is the first edition under the Innovation Union initiative (IP/10/1288) and replaces the former European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). The Scoreboard feeds into the recently published Annual Growth Survey (IP/11/22) to help Member States identify strengths and weaknesses and to boost innovation performance through their Europe 2020 National Reform Programmes.

The 2010 Scoreboard draws on 25 research and innovation-related indicators and covers the 27 EU Member States, as well as Croatia, Serbia, Turkey, Iceland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norway and Switzerland. The indicators are grouped into three main categories:

1. "Enablers", i.e. the basic building blocks which allow innovation to take place (human resources, finance and support, open, excellent and attractive research systems);
2. "Firm activities" which show how innovative Europe's firms are (firm investments, linkages & entrepreneurship, intellectual assets); and
3. "Outputs" which show how this translates into benefits for the economy as a whole (innovators, economic effects).

Comparing the indicators for the EU27, US and Japan shows that the EU27 is not closing its performance gap with its main competitors.

The largest gap appears in the "Firm activities" category where the EU27 lags behind in terms of public-private co-publications, business R&D expenditures, and, compared to Japan, in PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patents.  This shows that Europe's research and innovation gap lies primarily in the private sector. The priority should therefore be to create the regulatory and other framework conditions that will encourage more private sector investment and facilitate the exploitation of research results by the business sector, in particular through a more efficient patent system; The gap is particularly large and rapidly increasing in license and patent revenues from abroad. This is an important indicator of economic dynamism. It shows that the economic model and functioning of the internal market for protected knowledge in the EU need to be improved. It also shows that the EU is producing fewer high impact patents (i.e. those that generate significant income from third countries) than the US and Japan and that it is not positioning itself sufficiently well in high global growth sectors;

The still substantial gap in the number of people completing tertiary-education is slightly decreasing, with relatively high growth in the EU. 

The EU27 is, however, outperforming the US in public R&D expenditures and knowledge-intensive services exports.

Over the last five years, the strongest growth of the EU27 innovation indicators has been in open, excellent and attractive research systems (international scientific co-publications, high-impact publications, non-EU doctorate students) and intellectual assets (Community trademarks, PCT patents and Community designs).

Overall, the EU27 is holding its lead over India and Russia. However, the EU27 is losing part of its lead over Brazil and, above all, over China, which continue to rapidly narrow their performance gap with the EU (see Figure 1).

The Scoreboard places  Member States into the following four country groups (see Figure 2):

1. Innovation leaders: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden all show a performance well above that of the EU27 average.
2. Innovation followers: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and the UK all show a performance close to that of the EU27 average.
3. Moderate innovators: The performance of Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain is below that of the EU27 average.
4. Modest innovators: The performance of Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania is well below that of the EU27 average.

Note: Average performance is measured using a composite indicator building on data for 24 indicators going from a lowest possible performance of 0 to a maximum possible performance of 1. Average performance in 2010 reflects performance in 2008/2009 due to a lag in data availability.

The performance of Innovation leaders is 20% or more above that of the EU27; of Innovation followers it is less than 20% above but more than 10% below that of the EU27; of Moderate innovators it is less than 10% below but more than 50% below that of the EU27; and for Modest innovators it is below 50% that of the EU27. 
 
Background information:

Following the adoption of the Innovation Union Communication in October 2010, the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) - a well established and recognised tool for assessing innovation performance in EU Member States - has been reworked and renamed the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS). Commissioned by the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission, the Innovation Union Scoreboard is prepared by the Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC).
 
The full report is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/facts-figures-analysis/index_en.htm
and http://www.proinno-europe.eu/metrics
For more information, see MEMO/11/56.
Innovation Union
Europe 2020