In a wide-ranging interview, the new research commissioner sets out her agenda for the EU Framework Programmes

Implementing these innovation priorities will require a doubling of the EU budget, French president says

The founding director of Sprind, Germany’s innovation agency, draws lessons from its first five years of operation

Regulations will be streamlined, access to capital eased and working conditions improved, the research commissioner tells MEPs

Annual survey of 2,000 companies finds the bloc dominates automotive R&D, but lags in pharmaceuticals, software and computer hardware

The European Parliament approved committees dedicated to public health and to security and defence, in a push for more EU-level coordination

The 60 current research partnerships may need streamlining to deliver the ‘strategic realignment’ Europe needs today 

MEPs say funding for translational research in Pillar 2 should not be cut in favour of basic research or funding for innovation scale-up

More questions than answers, as candidate for EU industry portfolio outlines plans for office, but lacks detail on the Competitiveness Fund