Leaked documents contain measures calculated to strengthen role of EU member states in strategic priority setting

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Europe’s start-up problem is not the lack of capital. It is risk aversion

For some MEPs defence-linked research is imperative, for others a threat to openness, academic autonomy and simplification

In a demoralising speech, the godfather of the EU’s new competitiveness agenda calls for more ambition and faster reforms

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Research ministers welcome Commission’s commitment to a standalone FP10, and call for collaborative research to have a central role