Horizon Europe

The EU’s move into military research needs separate rules and procedures, Elżbieta Bieńkowska tells MEPs

Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger pleads with governments to reverse proposed €500M cut to next year’s Horizon 2020 budget next year saying, “If you are not prepared to invest in 2018, you will have to invest more in 2019 and 2020”

The centrepiece of Framework Programme 9 is to be ten moonshot projects that inspire the public and connect people to EU R&D. Researchers are starting to pitch in with their ideas

A government position paper avoids mention of money and the hard line stance on immigration is unchanged, but the UK aims to stay part of EU R&D - in a closer partnership than any of the 16 associated countries

Günther Oettinger says research should be the only programme spared spending cuts as the EU weighs how to make up for losing the UK’s €11B per annum contribution