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In all, 155 SMEs will receive funding. Along with Spain, the UK and Italy fare well

Young entrepreneurs came face-face-to-face with policymakers in Brussels to talk about taking risks and accepting failure more readily

New innovations like Uber should not be shunned says Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google in his ‘Essay for the European Commission’

Next week Jean-Claude Juncker’s new team faces its crucial audition with the European Parliament

Sighs of relief in Switzerland, as the EU accepts its scientists back into a handful of research programmes

With small business nervous about delays in getting paid for EU contracts, failure to find a solution “would seriously put into question the reputation of the EU as a reliable funder of research,” says Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

The new Commission goes down well with industry, but environmentalists are less keen

Advocates for cross-sectoral R&D support fear a downgrade in the new Commission – but in individual areas such as energy, digital technologies, and pharmaceuticals, a stronger emphasis on growth and investment is good news for many

Newly structured Commission includes extra digital and energy briefs and a potentially unwieldy composition

Moedas, the negotiator who helped Portugal exit its bailout programme and a surprise pick for the job, will return to his first love – pending approval from the European Parliament