Former Italian prime minister calls for R&I to be at the core of the EU single market, but leading MEP worries it could lead to a top-down approach to technology and science

The EIC should be more closely modelled on US advanced research project agencies say economists from France, Germany and Italy

As members of the ITRE research committee plan their political futures, we have compiled an overview of the movers and shakers in EU research and innovation policy

Two ministers in the new Polish government tell Science|Business how they intend to improve research and innovation and discuss plans for the national funding agency, which is currently operating under the cloud of a corruption investigation

A project that built links between accelerators, incubators and start-ups in Europe and Africa shows the potential for benefit on both sides. A centre in Cape Town will now continue its work.

Expert panel wants the European Commission to give academics more computing power and data to lead AI innovations. But critics say the proposal is too narrow, spread out across Europe, and lacks a concrete budget

Science|Business sits down with two ministers from Poland’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education to discuss the future of European research and the necessity of dual-use technologies

The first EU-funded research project into psychedelic drugs is a step on the way to legitimise the field and should lead to more funding

There’s concern the military technology alliance could exclude the EU from cutting-edge science. AUKUS is now looking to involve Canada, New Zealand and South Korea, potentially forming an alternative joint defence R&D initiative to the EU’s own framework programmes

A position paper from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research aims to combine academic freedom and national security. The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany reacts cautiously, while the response from the defence industry is much more positive.