Germany

Anja Karliczek has no background in research, though some welcome her outsider perspective. She will preside over a €2B increase in science spending over the next few years

MEPs say carmaker’s experiments on monkeys and humans undermines trust in science and call for European Commission to review law on animal testing

The outline for a new coalition government in Germany includes support for the French president’s aim of increasing German-Franco cooperation in artificial intelligence, but is quiet on proposal to establish new innovation agency

“A lot of the AI and machine learning expertise in the world is coming out of Europe,” the company says

Nine research projects asked to submit full proposals as part of the German government’s Excellence Strategy

Developing new antibiotics, from the first idea to proof of concept. The German-Australian iCAIR project brings together researchers from Fraunhofer ITEM, the MHH in Hannover and Griffith University in Australia.

Alternative for Germany’s wins in the general election could further fuel funding wars in Brussels, as EU hurries to set its next long-term budget. The prospect of securing more funding for research is dimmed