Horizon Europe

EU research chief Jean-Eric Paquet lays plans to refocus staff on policy goals, efficiency and cooperation with other parts of the Commission

Ties will be deepened - regardless of Brexit outcome - pledge Europe’s two leading science nations. Collaboration is as important for the EU as it is for the UK, they say

It falls to the Romanian Council presidency to steer negotiations on the next seven year budget - and with it funding for R&D in Horizon Europe. But with political infighting at home and a term cut short by European Parliament elections, some in Brussels are worried

Whether or not space programme gets €16B proposed by the Commission now hangs on negotiations over the EU’s overall long-term budget

Latest: Geographical quotas in Horizon Europe will not bridge the innovation gap, excellence comes first, says ScienceEurope

Education and research minister Mailis Reps on her concerns for the European Innovation Council, and how to make research missions work

Meeting of member states’ research delegations this week in Brussels saw further disagreement over the direction of Horizon Europe. And a proposed mission to build a universal quantum computer is scratched

MEPs give formal backing to Commission’s next big research programme – and want to spend more than the €94.1B already proposed. Several members states oppose that, setting scene for at least another year of wrangling

Science establishment complains about lack of clear guidance; calls for more detailed planning

Commission concedes it will need more time to resolve long-term budget negotiations – but it remains committed to its plan boosting R&D subsidies