Florin Zubașcu

The parliament can start negotiations with the council and the commission on the remaining issues as soon as member states reach an agreement on the 2021-2027 EU budget

‘When science and politics meet, it can become quite crunchy,’ director general Stephen Quest tells Science|Business

But critics say proposed budget does not meet ambitions and new strategies are needed to increase biodiversity and boost greener farming - without reducing yields

Decision to postpone is ‘organisational’ but could be read as a signal to member states and national research ministers to agree on the final details of the research programme before the next EU budget comes into force

There’s more in the pot, but MEPs and research lobbies decry ‘mismatch’ between European Commission’s revised research budget and the post-COVID-19 mountains to be scaled

The EU sets out research plan for switch to more sustainable farming and preservation of biodiversity, as one route out of the COVID-19 recession

The agreement is a landmark decision by one of the largest science publishers and follows years of resisting international push for open access

European University Association calls on policy makers to prioritise research and innovation in post-COVID-19 rescue packages - and avoid reproducing some of the effects of 2008 financial crisis

Money will be channelled from Horizon 2020 to fund projects that enable industry to be better prepared for the next major shock, a Science|Business webinar hears

Lockdown means more than half of European research infrastructures are closed, while the rest are running scaled back operations. Now they are looking for new ways to offer access to their beams, lasers and particle accelerators