Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (BUDG) reiterated their commitment to securing additional funding for the EU’s flagship programmes, in particular the Horizon Europe research programme, before acting President of the European Research Council (ERC) Jean-Pierre Bourguignon on Tuesday 22 September.
Last July, EU leaders’ negotiations on the Recovery Plan and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 ended with major cuts in the promised budget for...