Horizon Europe

One consequence of Brexit closed a financing source to UK start-ups on 1 Feb. – but access could re-open if a UK and EU trade deal includes Horizon Europe participation

A Trump salvo against the EU’s Horizon research programme opens a new area of Transatlantic conflict. Time for Europe to step up

A complex compromise fashioned by the new Council president runs into political opposition as budget summit approaches. It’s time to end the ‘liar’s poker’, says MEP Ehler

French president warns member states squabbling over size of next long-term EU budget to look at spending on key technologies in China and US

Innovation clusters could thread multiple EU funding streams together to promote regional development. But those on the ground say fragmented schemes make this impossible, and reforms can’t go ahead until the 2021 – 27 budget is agreed

European Commission president tells MEPs EU needs a bigger budget if it wants to become a ‘world leading research region’

At a Science|Business conference, senior US official delivers the sharp message that Trump administration won’t buy the EU’s proposed terms for joining its big research programme

Constance C. Arvis, director for science and technology cooperation at the US State Department, delivered a sharp statement on Horizon Europe at a Science|Business conference. Read the full text here.

Member states will begin setting out rules on extending EU research programme internationally