Members of the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee welcomed on Friday 20 March the steps taken by the Commissioner for Innovation and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, to stop the COVID-19 epidemic. However, they call for these measures to be combined “with a long-term commitment to EU research programmes”.
Christian Ehler (EPP, Germany), rapporteur on the Horizon Europe research programme, said that Europeans should take advantage of current investments to...