The EU’s 2021-2027 framework programme for research and innovation (R&I), Horizon Europe, should, against all expectations, be able to enter into force on 1 January next (see EUROPE B12611A11).
The European Parliament and the EU Council managed to reach agreement on the details of this programme on Friday 11 December, after almost 14 hours of discussion - an outcome on which nobody would have bet.
A first partial agreement had already been concluded in March 2019. The main elements...