Plans foresee the European Innovation Council abandoning its exclusive focus on technology with civilian applications

‘Radicalisation and extremism’ and the rise of autocracies are a focus of next year’s draft work programme

EU policymakers and stakeholders want to see further strengthening of EU research and innovation, including in defence and dual-use technologies

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

Just as new countries join the EU research programme, it’s being radically reorganised

Civil security research relies on EU funding. Industry wants reassurance this will not be cut because of the increase in defence R&D

The responses are in to a Commission proposal to allow projects with military potential in FP10, the successor research programme to Horizon Europe

As Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected as president of the European Commission, she promises to expand the ERC and the EIC