Germany

Berlin and Paris set ambitious plans for ‘gigafactory’ collaboration in a hydrogen economy – but obstacles remain

The Bonn Declaration on Freedom of Scientific Research commits governments to an EU system for monitoring academic freedom. Along with safeguarding research from political intervention, the move aims to increase public trust in science

The scientific director of the ILL says EU should contribute more to large research infrastructures, to strengthen the European Research Area

The German presidency of the EU Council wants to push member states to agree on final details of Horizon Europe by the end of September

€2B from the country’s pandemic recovery fund is to be spent on quantum technology as Germany leads a European push to move the field from research to the mainstream

In their first meeting under the German Presidency, EU research ministers agreed on pathway to strengthen European research cooperation 

AI, electronics, plastics, cloud computing, pandemic research – all are on an long list of ambitious targets Berlin plans over the next six months

Research minister says country has become a hotspot for the technology, with EU looking to limit dependence on Chinese imports

The European Research Area and technological sovereignty top Germany’s agenda for its six-month stint at the helm of the council of the EU

€20M effort to get more ‘Made in Germany’ components comes as EIT unit issues report on digital soveriegnty