The EU’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a key backer of startups across the bloc, faces an uncertain future without EU funding.
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Billions gone: No funds for EIT under new European Union budget
Closure of EIT could prove controversial, as it is one of only two institutions which sit in EU member state Hungary
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