Parliament disappointed with lack of progress as Hungary blocks EU seven-year budget review negotiations. Proposed cuts to R&I still on the table

Documents leaked to Science|Business show the EU research programme could lose as much as €5.3B, as member states scramble to find money to pay back recovery fund loans

MEP draws on parliament’s success in securing an extra €85M for research in 2024, asking stakeholders to make a bigger budget for Framework programme 10 a priority in their national campaigns for the 2024 European elections

The nuclear fusion project at ITER will be cut by €120M, while basic science and health and climate R&D get a bigger than expected top up in 2024

In the annual budget showdown, member states want to save money. Parliament vows not to let €166M be subtracted from EU research spending and is instead bidding for an extra €140M. Negotiations promise to be tougher than usual

Budget discussions are on for the EU’s next R&I funding programme, due to begin in 2028, and the European Parliament wants more than twice as much as was agreed last time

MEPs’ ambition is to up funding for the European Innovation Council, and for health and climate research. But this is once again at odds with budget cuts proposed by EU governments

Parliament votes to prevent money being taken away from Horizon Europe’s Pillar II to fund the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform

Research commissioner-to-be outlines her priorities as MEPs grill her on the key research, innovation and education issues ahead of the plenary vote on her appointment later this month

In inflationary times, the Council’s ‘prudent approach’ to accounting will see Horizon Europe get €166M less than the Commission has called for