Push for ERA law gains momentum
peter.suber's bookmarks 2013-10-17
Summary:
"MEPs are calling on the EU to consider introducing legislation on the European Research Area, after research commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn acknowledged that legal action is a possibility after 2014. In a manifesto called Towards a Maastricht for Research, seen by Research Europe, MEPs say that the voluntary approach to the ERA is not working and that member states need a push to make it a reality. The document, which has received support from university and research organisations, is to be presented to the European Commission on 16 October....“Action on issues such as research infrastructure taxation, social security for researchers or open access —this is absolutely the minimum, because we are not going to be able to solve these through a bottom-up approach,” says [Kurt Deketelaere, a law professor at the University of Leuven]...."