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Let’s use the feedback from startups and scaleups. And to ideas from Draghi, Letta and Heitir reports - entrepreneurs need measures which are simple, easy to use and immediately relevant.
Head of Unit, Innovation Policy and Access to Finance, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission; Former Senior Ocean Advisor to European Commissioners; Author of Children's Book "Ping Pong Pants"
"The first pillar is closing the #innovation gap. Let me start with the good news. Europe's global share of patent applications is on par with the US and China. But only one-third of these are commercially exploited. We are roughly as good as the US at creating start-ups. But when it comes to scale-ups, we are doing much worse than our competitors. We have to close that gap. So we will put research and innovation, science and technology at the heart of our economy. We will invest more and focus better. And we will ensure that our small companies, our start-ups and scale-ups, can thrive here in Europe. We know what needs to be done. A start-up from California can expand and raise money all across the United States. But a start-up in Europe has to deal with 27 different national barriers. We need to make it easier to grow in Europe. For this and many more reasons the first-ever Commissioner for Start-Ups, Research and Innovation will be Ekaterina Zaharieva. Her leadership and experience will be invaluable to get more breakthrough tech from the lab to the market." Read the full speech of European Commission President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the new College of Commissioners and its programme: https://lnkd.in/eGR3qvr7 Christoph Kuhn Alessandro Izzo Michiel Scheffer Dan Dionisie Amaryllis Verhoeven Jan Ceyssens Paweł Świeboda Astrid Bartels Serena Borbotti-Frison Lars Frølund Keith Sequeira Jekaterina Novikova Branislav Turcina Massimo Gaudina