EU Research Commissioner is out to convince member states that they should protect a €100 billion investment for research

For many people scouring through the European Commission’s proposed budget last week, there was little clarity on what it actually means for the EU’s research spend

As Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte calls the spending proposal ‘unacceptable’, the EU’s budget chief warns MEPs, ‘If the member states cut funding again, they are closing down our common future’

Farmers will be compensated for cuts of 5% to direct subsidies by an increased investment in research that will bring agriculture into the digital age, reducing inputs, boosting productivity and improving food safety

The Commission has proposed a big rise in research funding – but in coming negotiations it will face stiff budget competition from politically stronger interests, from agriculture to regions 

Lobbyists feared an end to programme – but budget and activities largely to continue in next multi-year EU budget

MEPs and research lobby groups say €100 billion is good but not enough. Parliament ‘will fight’ for €120 billion.

New and expanded research and innovation programmes are scattered throughout the EU’s new budget. Here’s a rundown.

Horizon Europe one of the few current EU budget lines to get increase in seven-year proposal

European Commission sets itself several complex tasks in the next research programme, such as bridging the ingrained east-west divide and growing bigger tech companies