Governments are invited to use EU auction and grant instruments to back promising cleantech projects which don’t win EU funding

Warning comes as the EU looks to expand investment programmes, including for innovation, in push for greater competitiveness

China leads both the EU and US by a wide margin, and its lead has been growing

Brussels wants to make the European Innovation Council more like the legendary US innovation agency, but currently the differences are large

The EU’s approach to collaborative R&D can be improved, but a complete change is not necessary