 The European Parliament has approved a 54bn euro (£36bn) plan to boost science research in Europe. Framework Programme 7 (FP7) is designed to support several priority areas of research. Of the different research categories, information technology gets the biggest chunk of funding, with a 9.1bn euro (£6bn) budget. But research into climate change and energy have received a comparatively small amount of funding in the plan. The Parliament gave the go-ahead to the plan on Thursday at its second reading. FP7 is due to be formally adopted by the EU on 5 December. The programme is due to run from 2007 to 2013. Speaking at a press conference to announce the agreement, Janez Potocnik, commissioner for science and research at the European Commission said it was "a great day". He said: "In financial terms, this is a major improvement over the last framework programme. In real terms, there are 40% more funds on average per year." ...
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