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Aix Marseille, capital of innovation: a label, hopes and limits

The Aix-Marseille metropolis has won the European Commission’s capital of innovation award. A title that highlights the territory in its pursuit of attractiveness, but which does not erase its structural deficiencies.

Didier Parakian, vice president of the metropolis, Martine Vassal, president of the metropolis, Arnaud Mercier, deputy adviser for innovation, and Laurent Choukroun, founder of the Epic. (Photo: RB)

Didier Parakian, vice president of the metropolis, Martine Vassal, president of the metropolis, Arnaud Mercier, deputy adviser for innovation, and Laurent Choukroun, founder of the Epic. (Photo: RB)

There was the European capital of culture, then that of sport and also a self-designation for gastronomy. Gossipers will say that with all this ingenuity it is no surprise that Marseille has this time won the award for the European Capital of Innovation, or ‘iCapital’. “It’s a bit like our world cup”, […]

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