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The European Parliament voted today the partial agreement on Horizon Europe, the next European research and innovation programme due to start in 2021. EPP rapporteur for the Programme Dr Christian Ehler highlights the key achievements:

“Europe is at a historic crossroads, reason why European Parliament, Commission and Council agreed on a text before the elections. Thanks to the political willingness of the three Institutions, and the ambition of the Romanian Presidency, we were able to agree in only 3 months of negotiations, historically unprecedented, on a programme worth over €100 billion”.

Council and Parliament negotiators reached today an agreement on Horizon Europe, the next European research and innovation programme due to start in 2021. EPP rapporteur for the Programme Dr Christian Ehler highlights the key achievements:

“Europe is at a historic crossroads, reason why European Parliament, Commission and Council agreed on a text before the elections. Thanks to the political willingness of the three Institutions, and the ambition of the Romanian Presidency, we were able to agree in only 3 months of negotiations, historically unprecedented, on a programme worth over €100 billion”.

On the occasion of today’s publication of the European Parliament position on Horizon Europe, EPP rapporteur for the Programme Dr Christian Ehler highlights the key achievements.

“We have substantially increased the budget proposal from €94bn to €120bn. This is the minimum for research and innovation to assure that European industry remains competitive compared to the United States and China. Unfortunately, there is still a huge mismatch between the actual money Europe spends on research and innovation and the ambitions set by Heads of States over a decade ago, i.e. to invest 3% of EU GDP in R&D. So far, Member States have shamelessly failed to reach the most important Europe 2020 goal.”

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