Draft Competitiveness Compass calls for a more strategic EU research budget and hints at European Research Council realignment

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

MEPs have submitted amendments to an ITRE report, including a recommendation to rethink the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

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

Closing the innovation gap with the US and China is her first ambition – but speech is light on new details

The draft report says four councils should set strategic direction of the next Framework Programme 

Ekaterina Zaharieva promised to simplify the Framework Programme for research and innovation

The European Innovation Council would double its equity investments, putting up to €30M each into tech and biotech companies, draft plan says