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

Researchers’ optimism over proposals for minor cuts to Horizon Europe may be premature as EU countries remain deadlocked over cohesion funds for poorer regions

With negotiations over the EU’s long term 2021 – 2027 financial plan at an impasse, Mariya Gabriel will be plunged into an immediate battle to preserve research and innovation funding when she takes up the reins at DG Research 

EU leaders remain deadlocked over the union’s next long-term financial plan, but all signs point to a smaller research budget from 2021

Viewpoint: More EU ministers and commissioners are voicing support for bigger research and innovation funding – but the political argument is a long way from won