Germany

As debate rages over European control of sensitive technologies, Germany’s parliamentary state secretary Thomas Rachel says three EU neighbours are ‘important partners'

Researchers point to higher funding for the sector in Germany, as key infrastructure to translate world class research is still missing in the UK

New fund will lure researchers from abroad, as part of a broad strategy to develop the country’s hydrogen energy sector

Emmanuel Macron lays out a €1.8B strategy to slingshot the country into becoming a quantum powerhouse, as Germany draws up a €2B programme of quantum research as part of its pandemic recovery plan

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