Éanna Kelly

Negotiations in Brussels stall over bid to invoke industrial policy to fund commercialisation activities in next EU research programme. Ministers could also not agree on some spending priorities 
 

Heinz Fassmann discusses obstacles to a deal on the EU’s next research programme, Horizon Europe

Carlos Moedas says quotas should be set ‘at some point’ for more women to advance into the top ranks of universities and labs

Michael Ignatieff wants Europe to wake up to the ‘bulldozer’ that Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is running over academic freedom

Christian Ehler reiterates call for more money, highlights the threat from China and casts doubt over the proposed €10B investment in food and agriculture science

The EU’s outgoing health chief reflects on three decades in Brussels and how life has got steadily better. But he worries citizens are now forgetting the benefits of science. That could threaten recent medical advances, he says 

Restrictive regulations could be ‘fatal’ for Crispr-edited crop research in Europe, researchers warn. Meanwhile, there are hints the UK government could consider relaxing restrictions on gene edited crops post-Brexit

Researchers fear attack on Central European University - and academic independence more widely - will not let up, despite new pressure from Brussels

Robert-Jan Smits will take up the role of president at the university in March 2019. ‘It’s a kind of homecoming’ he says

Researchers gain more access to hi-tech research tool, but data start-ups warn the narrow rules create ‘a backseat for Europe’s innovators”