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The Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC), the EU’s body funding individual researchers in frontier research, has laid out its argument for a larger slice of EU funding. They use their 10-year track record to argue for a doubling in funds in the next Framework Programme

The ICT sector has tripled in value-added in the last 20 years. There has been growth in Europe, with 5.7M jobs in 2014, but the EU is behind other economies

Mariya Gabriel will become the new digital Commissioner if confirmed by the European Parliament

Hungary’s attempt to shut down Central European University and its crackdown on NGOs has undermined the rule of law, MEPs say

Exactly 20 years after it was proposed, the first shared world class scientific facility in the Middle East is about to get up and running

While other countries have assessed the overall impact of Brexit, Sweden is alone in analysing the specific effects on R&D. There could be severe consequences for the size and shape of Framework Programmes that will reverberate through Swedish research

Try as they might, no one can see a bright side to Brexit, either for the UK or the EU27. The only course is damage limitation, agreed speakers at a debate ‘Brexit the scientific impact’

As a former investment banker, Macron understands venture capital and what it takes to promote innovation. He wants to push on with university reform and improve science teaching, but the exact shape of his agenda hangs on parliamentary elections

EU chief negotiator says there will be no clarity on the future research relationship until there is an agreement on citizenship

A meta-analysis of the latest research and reports on public investment in green energy points to areas with biggest returns for the economy and the climate

Half way in, more effort is needed to develop Europe’s data economy and tackle cybersecurity, according to midterm review of digital single market strategy

Orion will explore ways in which research and funding organisations can open up how they fund, organise, conduct and disseminate research

Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, deputy director general for research, in surprise move to US pharma group in June

Survey of 1,286 researchers underlines the importance of international collaboration and mobility in science and engineering

Using gene editing in plant and animal breeding does not involve adding foreign DNA and is outside the scope of EU regulations on GMOs. But the EU needs to urgently clarify the status of organisms bred in this way, say Europe’s science academies