[kamakazizuru]

1) Why do you think Google needs EU funding for their research ? Last I checked they had one of the largest cash reserves outside the US - which means a lot of it is in the EU, if anything this is a way to smartly spend that cash rather than get taxed repatriating it.

2) The lobbyists can be based in Brussels, Zurich isn't that close to Brussels anyways!

[Aoyagi]

1) Needs? Of course they don't need it. A -lot- of organisations asking for EU funding don't need it.

2) Yeah, but Zurich is a much nicer place than Brussels :) . And most likely not as watched by investigative journalists.