The EU Research Commissioner may have correctly identified the reasons for Europe’s failure to commercialise its science, but setting up a new agency that separates innovation from research is not the answer, says Estonian MEP Kaja Kallas

With the in-out referendum taking place on June 23, Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas joins the chorus of the scientific establishment campaigning for the UK to stay in the EU

Registrations for new inventions at the European Patent Office are up for the sixth consecutive year. Dutch giant Philips reclaims top spot from Korea’s Samsung

Education Commissioner Navracsics sets up expert panel ‘to improve the EIT’ in advance of a special performance audit from the EU’s accounting watchdog

European Commission is to launch a public consultation on the successor to Horizon 2020 in the autumn, Robert-Jan Smits, director-general for research and innovation, tells the Science|Business annual conference. This will be the EU’s ninth R&D programme

EU Research Commissioner today described the attributes around which he would like the Council to be shaped and launched a consultation seeking feedback from the public. It’s time for action to convert Europe’s world-leading science into products, he said

Members of the Science|Business Network say the new council should act like a venture capital investor rather than a government agency. The aim should be to provide flexible funding and spur regulatory reform

Latest energy scorecard shows energy generated from renewable sources in the EU continued to grow overall in 2014, but some countries are lagging behind the pack

The new EU institute should ensure grant money is handed out faster, Commissioners have a better source of advice and that legislative logjams hampering companies are identified quicker, says Philippe De Backer, MEP

The EU needs a US-style chief technology officer at the head of the new innovation body, says Martin Curley, Intel vice president. The council should also provide more incentives for applied research