European Parliament

The budget waltz ends on a slightly positive note, as the European Parliament lands an extra €100M for research. Horizon will now have €12.2B to spend next year

MEPs are set to vote through a new generation of public private partnerships under Horizon Europe. They want more transparency and less closed club mentality

Pharmaceutical strategy aims to boost EU drug discovery and prevent medicines shortages. Some MEPs want to go further and force companies to invest more of their profits in R&D and agree to flexible IP rules. Others say that is ‘tone deaf’

MEPs vote to finalise bloc’s first-ever dedicated programme for military research. Final budget is €5B lower than originally planned

The revamped European Institute of Innovation and Technology will be more open, dynamic and better equipped to help innovators from all corners of Europe