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Put the horse before the cart

This week's European summit meeting at Milan is an opportunity both for stimulating technical collaboration and to create a muddle. Governments should temper enthusiasm with cold calculation.

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Put the horse before the cart. Nature 315, 701–702 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/315701a0

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