Reversing Trump-era isolationism, Washington announces new science collaborations with funding agencies in Bern and Ottawa – and upcoming meetings with Brazil, France, India, Japan and Korea
The budget waltz ends on a slightly positive note, as the European Parliament lands an extra €100M for research. Horizon will now have €12.2B to spend next year
“It takes two to tango,” says EU commissioner as he warns Switzerland will have to make progress on “real issues that count” before it can become fully associated to the €95.5B research and innovation programme
The European Commission is siding with MEPs, who want to use the unspent funds to boost health R&D in 2022. But the Commission is at odds with Parliament over demands for more control over the EU’s new health agency
As EU hangs tough on tying UK association in Horizon Europe to ending the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the UK government is dangling the funding carrot and says if there is no deal, it has a ‘bold’ plan B
In wide-ranging interview, the research commissioner outlines issues standing in the way of the UK and Switzerland taking part in Horizon Europe. There is also an update on the European Research Area and a call for one and all to back the research missions