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In exclusive written Q&A with Science|Business, EU commissioner for research, innovation, education and youth vows hundreds of millions for coronavirus R&D but calls on member states to agree on the multiannual budget to avoid delaying critical research.

Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance defend government’s response to deadly disease and say not enough is known yet about how the virus will mutate

Further delays to EU multiannual budget would slow down research to deal with coronavirus pandemic, EU research commissioner says

Brussels steps up response to the pandemic, as member states introduce more stringent measures to slow the deadly virus

The European Commission’s R&D toolbox in the COVID-19 outbreak includes extended deadlines in Horizon 2020, additional funding opportunities for viral research - and less red tape

Former EU chief science adviser Anne Glover discusses the UK’s handling of the COVID-19 epidemic and if the European Commission is lacking scientific leadership during the crisis

Meetings cancelled, workers sent home, conferences postponed as EU officials and lobbyists try to cope with the pandemic

EU president Charles Michel says there is ‘strong common will’ between G7 countries to deliver coronavirus vaccine, following reports of big-money overture by president Trump to CureVac

Brussels outlines broad cooperation with UK in nuclear research, renewable energy and antimicrobial resistance, and suggests visa waivers for short-term researcher visits