Swiss MPs back spending for ‘the champion’s league’ of EU science and innovation

Centre will play a key role in coordinating research and supporting an EU-wide ‘cybersecurity shield’

As UK looks about to lose its place in virtual European clinical networks, Cambridge University geneticist says ‘this isn’t some nebulous thing’ - a disease might only affect 50 people in the UK, but the top expert may be in Amsterdam

MEPs say the new budget signals a shifting of priorities away from agriculture and cohesion and towards research and innovation

‘Gatekeeper’ companies that control access to online services could be fined 10% of turnover and broken up under double-barrelled rules that seek to limit the power of global internet firms in the EU market

Programme will fund satellite navigation and earth observation systems, and boost Europe’s competitiveness as space becomes increasingly commercialised

Digital Europe will fill the gap between research and deployment, investing €2.2B in supercomputing and €2B in artificial intelligence

EU4Health aims to boost innovation in the health sector, help member states ditch paper records and make digitised health systems interoperable

EU funding for education and student exchanges will be bigger than ever, but money may be stretched over parts of the Erasmus+ programme and the innovation agency EIT