Manfred Weber says he favours reliance on new technology over bans and punishments for carbon emitters, as he and lead candidates from five other pan-EU party groups make final pitch to voters
Momentum candidate for the European Parliament says structural funds shouldn’t be used to finance national research projects and calls for a unified vision for R&D policy that acknowledges member states on their own cannot be global innovation players
En Marche candidate Pierre Karleskind wants to join the European Parliament’s research committee so he can champion R&D into sustainable use of marine resources, as a driver for economic growth
German medtech company Dräger will use the money to apply new secure standard for connecting point of care medical devices to hospital computer systems
Vaccines are an effective public health measure, yet public distrust in immunisation is resulting in outbreaks of preventable diseases. IMI’s ADVANCE project worked to create an open system for monitoring vaccine coverage, benefits and risks in Europe.
‘It’s about the respect’: Science|Business reconstructs how disputes over the demand for equal pay for researchers from poorer EU13 countries played out in negotiations over the planned €94.1 billion R&D programme
Geochemist Douglas Connelly tells Science|Business how his project hopes to prove sub-sea carbon sequestration is a safe and effective tool for tackling global warming
He’s spent five years as vice chairman of the European Parliament’s ITRE committee, overseeing Horizon 2020, but as he bows out, retiring MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel, tells Science|Business why he doesn’t believe in the R&D programme
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