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EU ambition to unify data sharing systems in the European Open Science Cloud poised to pick up speed in next decade – and now it’s run as a public-private partnership under Horizon Europe

With concerns about China rising, Trudeau government joins other western countries in stepping up scrutiny of university alliances to preclude foreign espionage

Research minister Simona Kustec to ask EU member states to sign joint declaration on gender action in research in September

Average public investment in research in the EU is 0.81% of GDP. The European Parliament remains unimpressed by national efforts

Shrinking revenues from European Coal and Steel Community assets could leave the coal and steel research fund without money. MEPs back a proposal by the Commission to diversify the assets and raise more money

EMA to be given more power and independence in handling COVID-19 pandemic and future health emergencies.  Negotiations between member states and European Parliament are due to begin

Political wrinkles will need to be ironed out before Switzerland can join in Horizon Europe, diplomats say. It’s now up to EU leaders - who are not due to meet until 21 October

MEPs are set to support investments in digital, energy and transport infrastructures but say funding pot is too small to keep up with the US and China. 

EU’s new 5 year €1.38B Euratom nuclear research programme puts fusion first. Despite its strategic importance and climate friendly credentials, fission research looks to the past, focusing on waste management and decommissioning

With the EU preparing stricter rules on research collaborations with China, Hungarians are protesting against the €1.5B campus Fudan University wants to build in Budapest. But for some, putting limits on cooperation will undermine democratic values