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Reports on European Union research commissioner Philippe Busquin's plan to publish a white paper early 2000 outlining his plans for the creation of a European Research Area.

The article offers science research and related news briefs as of June 2014. Stem cell researcher at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Haruko Obokata agreed to retract one of her controversial research paper. The European Union (EU) member states allow cultivation of any genetically modified (GM) crops which are safe for health and the environment. The European Commission has rejected a petition for legislation to ban the funding of research that uses human embryonic stem cells.

Examines a discussion paper by European Union (EU) Research Commissioner Edith Cresson, which says the EU's Fifth Framework Program for research (FP5) should focus more on social needs. The paper's approval in July 1996 by the full commission and presented to the EU Council of Ministers; Cresson's view that FP5 should be organized around a limited set of objectives; Trying to meet the social and economic needs of European citizens.