Remarks at the Leibniz Convent Spring Reception
… We are not waiting until 2021 for a European Innovation Council. We have already launched a 2.7 billion euro pilot phase.
Of the three pillars, this is the most misunderstood. People sometimes have the wrong idea that strengthening our innovation means we are moving away from fundamental science. Taking from one and giving to the other.
This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Innovation needs science and the knowledge economy. Without it, many of the great ideas of great European thinkers will stay just as they are; as ideas.
Innovation is changing. The newest and most exciting breakthrough innovations all have one thing in common: fundamental science. Full remarks
