Provisional agreement means R&I gets €25M more than the Commission proposed, but the budget will still be lower than in 2024
Photo credits: Michel Christen/ European Union
The European Parliament has convinced member states not to go ahead with €400 million cuts to Horizon Europe in 2025, and instead to provide the programme with €25 million more than the initial proposal from the Commission.
MEPs had been pushing for a €242 million boost to the R&I programme, but the compromise offers a more modest increase, including an extra €15 million for health research, €7.5 million for the European Innovation Council, and €2.5 million for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions.
The provisional deal, reached between the Parliament and Council on Saturday, allocates €12.8 billion to Horizon Europe, down from €12.9 billion in 2024.
Elsewhere in the research landscape, the budget commits €1.4…
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