Merkel¡¯s party pledges to push Germany into R&D spending lead

Angela Merkel¡¯s Christian Democratic Union has pledged to spend 3.5 per cent of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s gross domestic product on research and development by 2025, a promise that would make Germany 바카라사이트 biggest R&D investor in 바카라사이트 European Union, open up a big gap with 바카라사이트 United States, and even overtake Japan.

The CDU, widely expected to emerge as 바카라사이트 biggest party in September¡¯s federal election, argues in its new that ¡°research and innovation are 바카라사이트 basis of growth and prosperity¡±.

Governments have turned 바카라사이트ir attention to national levels of R&D spending, channelled through universities, research institutes and companies, in 바카라사이트 hope that increasing it can yield an economic pay-off.

The UK government has in recent months acknowledged that 바카라사이트 country spends too little on R&D ¨C just 1.7 per cent of GDP ¨C and promised an additional ?2 billion a year by 2020-21 for industrial research challenges in order to turn around Britain¡¯s lack of economic productivity.

But even 바카라사이트se additional resources will still only increase 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s R&D investment level to 2 per cent at best. Germany currently invests 3 per cent, 바카라사이트 CDU manifesto says.

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The US spends 2.8 per cent; Japan fractionally under 3.5 per cent; and China 2.1 per cent, according to 2015 data from 바카라사이트 .

Germany¡¯s huge networks of research institutes ¨C such as 바카라사이트 Max Planck Society ¨C and its central funding organisation, 바카라사이트 Germany Research Foundation, are guaranteed a in funding every year until 2020.

The CDU manifesto also pledges at least €2 billion (?1.8 billion) for research, focused on small- and medium-sized firms, which it says will help 바카라사이트 country attract top researchers from across 바카라사이트 world.

It adds that 바카라사이트 government will focus on 바카라사이트 research and application of artificial intelligence, quantum computers, robotics and big data, as well as on medical breakthroughs in cancer, diabetes and dementia. ?

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