Turn Spain's budget crisis into an opportunity

摘要

Spain's 2012 budget is the most austere in our democratic history. The government has been forced to optimize its limited resources in all areas - and science, technology and innovation cannot be exempted. That is why I have agreed to a significant, although not insurmountable, decrease in resources.In the part of the budget allocated mainly to the grants and subsidies that are indispensable to research, there has been a €475-million (US$591-million) reduction: a decrease of 22.5%. This comes on top of cuts in previous years, so it cannot be denied that we face a very challenging situation.