Founding of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(organization)" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eureka (organization)">EUREKA Network</a> by former head of states <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Mitterrand" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="François Mitterrand">François Mitterrand</a> (France) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a> (Germany).