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Strasbourg should become the EU’s innovation capital, say MEPs. The proposal is an attempt to break the deadlock with France about the seat of the European Parliament

MEPs say work is still needed to strike the balance between flexibility, coherence and reliability

MEPs call for better organisation in this aspect of Horizon 2020 to ensure it meets its goals

The EIT needs to do more to be seen as a global brand of excellence, say MEPs

More needs to be done to promote synergies between Europe’s various funding programmes, say MEPs

A new programme for SMEs aims to increase participation and success rates

With the final budget still unknown, the European Parliament makes provisions for getting the most of what may come

The EU must take action to translate expertise in key underpinning technologies such as biotechnology, photonics and nanotechnology into industry-powered growth, says EU Commissioner Antonio Tajani

The UK’s big guns of medical research have united with patients’ group to pre-empt the expected call by some MEPs to end funding of human embryonic stem cell research, when the plan for Horizon 2020 is debated in the European Parliament

Beyond measures to improve the framework conditions for innovation there is a need to concentrate resources in priority areas. Governments must let entrepreneurs show the way to these Smart Specialisations, says Dominique Foray