The European Ministers for Research and Innovation held an informal online meeting on Tuesday 21 July, just a few hours after the conclusion of an agreement between the EU-27 on the Recovery Plan and the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) (see EUROPE B12532A2).
German Research Minister Anja Karliczek, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU, welcomed the agreement and dismissed criticism of the cuts in the originally proposed research budgets...