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The Science|Business news service is on a summer break until 24 August, but here are some of our favourite reads of the year on EU R&D policy

As things stand, stakeholders will have little say over how proposed increases in R&D budgets are implemented in member states. But this input and know-how is essential to advancing the single European area for research, says Science Europe

Member states are now allowed to spend EU structural funds to co-finance Horizon Europe partnerships and research projects that receive the European Commission’s seal of excellence.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee calls on the government to develop a strategy for critical raw materials to speed up the development of batteries

Innovation reform fills Brexit-shaped gaps and echoes EU push for missions and smart specialisation

Sharing costs and access to large science labs was the high point of early attempts to create a single EU market for research. But as ERA is rebooted, these labs are beset by budget woes and policy changes

Commission selects first big collaborative projects to be funded under Horizon Europe

With over 117 AI ethics initiatives springing up around the world, there’s a lot of talk of AI regulation, but where is it all heading?

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon urges EU and member states to maintain investment in fundamental research, as innovation drive funnels money to applied research and industry partnerships in digital and climate technologies

There’s funding for research, but each country will decide how to hand out its share of the €723.8B pandemic recovery fund. A new report attempts to explain how to access this money