New Innovation Union Scoreboard: main competitors outpace the EU

EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU - http://ec.europa.eu/uk ISEC/11/2011 1 February 2011  New Innovation Union Scoreboard: main competitors outpace the EU The EU is failing to close the innovation performance gap with its main international competitors: the US and Japan, according to a key pan-European report on innovation performance. The report – the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010 – also indicates that although the trends in most EU Member States are promising despite the economic crisis, progress is not fast enough. While the EU still