Fast-changing draft of next EU Framework Programme highlights Macron’s plan for ‘disruptive innovation’ and bridging east-west research divide – but nothing is finalised yet

Research Commissioner visits European Parliament to shore up support for upcoming legislative proposal

The Commission is proposing defence spending of €500M for 2019-2020. That could rise to €1.5 billion a year from 2021, but MEPs this week clashed with industry over how it should be spent  

Commission hopes a new funding formula can generate big advances, capture more imaginations and boost the profile of its work

Group of innovators strengthen the argument for the agency in a report published this week, as research commissioner presses the case

EU executive united on need to protect R&D and will look to increase research spending - despite loss of UK’s €12B net contribution and plan to invest €10B in new activities

Influential voices in the commission and national governments want to boost spending on research and innovation from 2021 – 2028. But they are facing competing demands - and must fill a €12B Brexit-shaped hole in the coffers