” “During the informal summit planned for tomorrow at Lahti, the EU Council will address not only energy but also "the problems of immigration that affect the whole of the EU", introduced by a report by the Spanish prime minister, Zapatero, which will be followed, explains the EU president on duty, Matti Vahnanen, "by the alarming situation in Sudan-Darfur". A specific session of the summit will be focussed on the EU innovation policy. In this case, explains Vanhanen, "the challenge consists in creating a combination of innovation policies that will help translate the investment in knowledge into successful products and services". In particular, the discussion should tackle the protection of intellectual property rights and cooperation between economy and research. In this respect, on Wednesday 18th October Barroso’s Commission presented a plan for the establishment of the European Institute of Technology, which will be reviewed at Lahti.” “
