French presidency

In a speech at the closing ceremony of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the French president praised the EU’s scientific prowess, and called for treaty changes

Research ministers sign Marseille declaration on fundamental values for international scientific cooperation, but these fall far short of addressing how the EU’s foreign science policy should respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

At Paris open science conference, EU research leaders back the Commission’s plan to overhaul the way funding agencies assess the scientific standing of individual researchers

Economy minister says the ‘planets are aligned’ to ease EU dependence on imports from China. But meagre R&D investment and a lack of raw materials could hold back France’s ambitious industrial agenda for its Council presidency

Emmanuel Macron will use the upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU to lead push to reduce Europe’s reliance on foreign supplies of critical technologies