Lead MEPs publish their draft reports on next Horizon Europe programme, rejecting Commission plans for more top-down control
MEPs René Repasi (left) and Christian Ehler (right). Photo credits: European Union
The MEPs leading the European Parliament’s negotiations over the next Horizon Europe programme, for 2028-34, are making the case for expert-driven instruments that protect bottom-up research funding.
In draft reports published on March 13, Christian Ehler from the European People’s Party, rapporteur for Horizon Europe, and René Repasi of the Socialists and Democrats, rapporteur for the specific programme covering implementation measures, push back against what they see as attempts by the European Commission to wrestle more control over research funding and subordinate parts of the programme to industrial objectives.
Their proposals…
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