[Without aiming to be exhaustive, I should like to mention “The pact for Research” in France, the Science Budget 2004 in the Netherlands, The Strategy for science, technology and innovation 2006-2013 in Ireland and the “Ingenio 2010” in Spain].
The idea of being subsumed by a larger country is not appealing at all. Why, then, should a country want to enter into a monetary union? The increased interest in monetary integration is closely linked to the process of globalization, especially financial globalization, which has been a dominant feature of discussions at various forums.