MEPs will head into Horizon Europe negotiations with a vision for the ERC that is starkly different to that of the European Commission
Maria Leptin, president of the ERC. Photo credits: Alain Rolland / European Union
The European Parliament will push for a more independent European Research Council (ERC) than proposed by the European Commission when negotiations begin for the next Horizon Europe programme. Draft reports from the two lead Parliamentary rapporteurs on the legislation, released last week, both use strong language to defend the ERC’s researcher-driven nature.
“This proposal is an unnecessary attack from the Commission on the autonomy of the ERC; we cannot stand for this,” Christian Ehler, told Science|Business.
In draft reports published on March 13, Ehler from the European People’s Party, rapporteur for…
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