As the Brussels policy machine gets back into gear, Science|Business has drawn up a list of the main policy debates to follow over the next few months

Informal discussions are taking place on the terms of possible association, but at a launch event for Horizon Europe today there was little evident enthusiasm from Australia and New Zealand’s representatives to get that involved in the research programme.

Technology and regulation alone will not deliver a climate neutral energy system. A people-centred approach is needed for a successful transition - in which low carbon lifestyles are no longer seen as an alternative, but become the default option

Member states are now allowed to spend EU structural funds to co-finance Horizon Europe partnerships and research projects that receive the European Commission’s seal of excellence.

Innovation reform fills Brexit-shaped gaps and echoes EU push for missions and smart specialisation

Commission selects first big collaborative projects to be funded under Horizon Europe

EU executive issues ‘Pact for Research and Innovation’ pushing member states to significantly raise public and private research expenditure, but targets are not binding

Research stakeholders in ‘shock’ after EU Council puts forward an amended version of the 2022 budget that sees cuts to Horizon Europe and other innovation-intensive EU programmes

European Commission sets out plan to make Europe first climate neutral continent by 2050, through new regulations and targeted investments in research and innovation

MEPs are set to vote through a new generation of public private partnerships under Horizon Europe. They want more transparency and less closed club mentality