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Open science advocates see room for ‘game changing measures’ in ministers’ stance, while publishers warn against ‘knee jerk policy interventions’

The land of morning calm is the latest country to announce it is getting closer to becoming an associated member of the research programme

Science|Business finds five Marie Curie projects that include as participants some of China’s ‘Seven Sons of National Defence,’ risking aid to its military. This is what these projects involve

A Science|Business investigation finds five ongoing EU research projects that include China’s ‘Seven Sons of National Defence’ universities, in network security, heat transfer and drones. No comment from Brussels, but experts warn of danger

The portfolio of Mariya Gabriel is split in two, with Margrethe Vestager caretaker of R&I until a replacement is appointed. Some question Vestager’s interest in research, while others think her experience in competition policy will be a positive for innovation  

Political decisions this year mean fuels derived from captured CO2 are classed as carbon neutral and now have a future on Europe’s roads. But will it be a highway or a just a byway for the start-ups currently building the e-fuel industry?

The EU’s Bulgarian commissioner officially leaves Brussels, with a mandate for a difficult task: trying to form a coalition government back home in Sofia after close elections

Talks between the European Commission and the UK government continue, as the argument about how much the UK pays to join the research programme drags on

Industry and armed forces agree that Europe needs a long-term view of its investment in defence R&D

To the alarm of mostly-US industry, the EU AI Act gets preliminary nod to control the emerging technology – and sets the stage for months of negotiations in Brussels and Washington

As negotiations on the EU plan to promote industrial data sharing continue, universities point to missed potential, while industry calls for a timeout. ‘We seem to be hurtling through the legislative process like a runaway train,’ says one lobby group  

A new project is taking the laboratory to the samples, enabling on-site analysis of coastal organisms at 100 locations around Europe

Research commissioner given unpaid leave from Brussels after she was nominated to be Bulgaria’s next prime minister. Research lobbyists say the timing is ‘particularly unfortunate’ as work begins to shape the next decade of R&I policy

The ERC has clarified plans for a more inclusive process for assessing grant applications from 2024, with evaluators giving more weight to project proposals than the bare metrics of a scientist’s career. Researchers tell Science|Business they support the change

To boost capacity in China monitoring, the Commission is funding three Horizon Europe projects to support and connect EU-based China scholars. ‘We have to get our own feed’ of information independent of US, says one