Florin Zubașcu

European Commission sets out plan to make Europe first climate neutral continent by 2050, through new regulations and targeted investments in research and innovation

After weeks of uncertainty it’s official: researchers in Switzerland are no longer eligible for European Research Council, Marie Skłodowska-Curie or European Innovation Council funding

If Europe can band together to set up an independent global satellite positioning system, why can’t it do the same for its software industry?

Average public investment in research in the EU is 0.81% of GDP. The European Parliament remains unimpressed by national efforts

Shrinking revenues from European Coal and Steel Community assets could leave the coal and steel research fund without money. MEPs back a proposal by the Commission to diversify the assets and raise more money

Political wrinkles will need to be ironed out before Switzerland can join in Horizon Europe, diplomats say. It’s now up to EU leaders - who are not due to meet until 21 October

With the EU preparing stricter rules on research collaborations with China, Hungarians are protesting against the €1.5B campus Fudan University wants to build in Budapest. But for some, putting limits on cooperation will undermine democratic values

Member states will have fewer constraints in directing EU structural and cohesion funds to research and innovation

The EU wants its first defence R&D project to strengthen its strategic autonomy and says military research will spur civilian innovation

€387B agriculture programme has money for technologies that make food production more sustainable. Meanwhile, €373B cohesion policy will boost regional investment in research and innovation