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The UK Conservative Party has joined the tidal wave of opinion arguing that the European Union needs to use its public procurement budget to drive innovation.

The multidisciplinary nature of research in nanosciences and nanotechnologies will result in a sharp increase in European funding, the Commission has said.

Companies from the US and Japan are investing and launching partnerships in France to take advantage of its nanotechnology expertise.

An EU project to develop a new computer-aided system for the early phase of aircraft design has begun under the leadership of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

The EU has launched a €400 million joint programme with EUREKA countries to finance R&D partnerships with SMEs.