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is a real powerhouse today: the current five-year programme, which
runs until 2013, has a budget amounting to more than e50 billion,
and all technological areas you can think of are covered.
The programmes and all their many components are decided
by the EU Council of Ministers. The European Parliament has
codecision power, with the exception of nuclear and fusion energy,
Figure 1.8 Director General G
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unter Schuster, the father of the EU Science
and Research Programmes; W. Palz.