Countries in central and eastern Europe seek to boost the international footprint of their higher education and science

A new health-research programme, a standing network of innovators, new partnerships are among ways the EU could respond faster to the next crisis, a Science|Business conference hears

Latest details on the new budget proposal reveal plan to cut 3.2% off most Horizon Europe programmes, while giving a boost from the pandemic R&D fund to the European Innovation Council and applied research in health, digital and climate

€20M effort to get more ‘Made in Germany’ components comes as EIT unit issues report on digital soveriegnty

The parliament can start negotiations with the council and the commission on the remaining issues as soon as member states reach an agreement on the 2021-2027 EU budget

‘When science and politics meet, it can become quite crunchy,’ director general Stephen Quest tells Science|Business

The European Commission wants to increase spending on health more than 20-fold and to take a larger role in healthcare policy

Decision to postpone is ‘organisational’ but could be read as a signal to member states and national research ministers to agree on the final details of the research programme before the next EU budget comes into force

After the ravages of COVID-19, the EU’s 2020 science, research and innovation performance report sets out 11 recommendations for the future direction of R&D

There’s more in the pot, but MEPs and research lobbies decry ‘mismatch’ between European Commission’s revised research budget and the post-COVID-19 mountains to be scaled