Disagreements over European Innovation Council and industry partnerships are holding up an outline deal. Research ministers aim to seal blueprint for science programme next week

Horizon Europe shadow rapporteur Lieve Wierinck says the new European Innovation Council ‘covers same areas’ as European Institute of Innovation and Technology and predicts the two bodies will merge

Innovative SMEs in Spain, Italy and France grabbed the lion’s share in this year’s round of financing

European Commission wants to find a much cheaper way of getting satellites into orbit and peg back the US entrepreneurs dominating the private industry space race

“Any VC firm will tell you – meeting people is more important than the ideas,” says EU Research Commissioner

Open letter calls for European Commission to trust outside investors with picking the best companies to fund

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed the creation of a European innovation body modelled on Darpa. Researchers at the Jacques Delors Institut in Berlin explore the agency’s potential structure and remit

New measures aim to ensure that intellectual property rights are upheld, to stem the flow €85B annual influx of pirated and counterfeit goods, and encourage SMEs and start-ups to invest in innovation

New details of how the EIC will operate are included in EU draft plan, which sets out proposals for research in nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology and manufacturing from 2018 - 2020