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Is a frozen “rollover” budget for 2013 and beyond now likely? MEPs debate the EU budget at a Science|Business event, as negotiations between Parliament and Council collapse

Interview with Professor David Zilberman, professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley and principal investigator at the UC Berkeley Energy Biosciences Institute

Cash-strapped member states want to reduce the EU’s overall budget, putting the proposed increase in R&D spending under threat. That will make it more difficult to revive Europe’s jaded economy, Teresa Riera Madurell MEP tells Science|Business

Research bodies and industry groups have joined Europe’s top scientists in calls to deliver on the proposal to increase the R&D budget to €80 billion

Research counters public criticism on ‘inefficiency.’ Risks of intermittent power have been overstated and projected wind power levels for 2020 do not require major system adaptation. Technology can provide solutions to tap greater amounts of wind power.

The European Parliament has called for a “significant increase” in EU research and innovation funding, making a veiled threat to veto the EU’s long-term budget if member states try to cut European R&D funding

With a month to go before EU heads of state will try to fix the budget for Horizon 2020, MEPs, the EU’s Chief Scientist, astronauts and a Star Trek actor highlight the importance of inspiring a new generation of European scientists