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Another indicator that maybe things might be changing in a more federated direction, although I don't have much confidence in the institutions of the EU to manage or achieve anything.

Some of the ideas also sound similar to things which @aral has talked about.

https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/ngiinfosession_07-12-17.pdf
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK @vfrmedia

@bob @aral I've seen EU funding for beneficial things ranging from drugs , and even tracking and in countries which are currently unused to dealing with them (as they return after being hunted to extinction in previous centuries). Perhaps all strange edge cases/niche projects but they do genuinely seem useful to communities..