Maria Leptin will not join until 1 November due to clashing commitments in her calendar, but research lobbies are sanguine about the delay

New legislation announced by Ursula von der Leyen in state of the union speech is step towards reducing EU reliance on technologies developed and manufactured in China and the US

Universities have mixed feelings about draft plans which give the research community a seat at the table overseeing the implementation of the new single market for research

As the Brussels policy machine gets back into gear, Science|Business has drawn up a list of the main policy debates to follow over the next few months

The Science|Business news service is on a summer break until 24 August, but here are some of our favourite reads of the year on EU R&D policy

As things stand, stakeholders will have little say over how proposed increases in R&D budgets are implemented in member states. But this input and know-how is essential to advancing the single European area for research, says Science Europe

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee calls on the government to develop a strategy for critical raw materials to speed up the development of batteries

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon urges EU and member states to maintain investment in fundamental research, as innovation drive funnels money to applied research and industry partnerships in digital and climate technologies

As shortages of imported microchips continue to impact manufacturing and supplies of electronic goods in Europe, the EU is bringing industry and member states together in push for technology sovereignty in key sectors