MEPs Christian Ehler (EPP, German) and José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, Portuguese) presented their draft report on the regulation establishing the ‘Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform’ (‘STEP’) to the Industry Committee (ITRE) on Thursday 7 September. Their position is in line with that of the rapporteurs on the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) in the Committee on Budgets (BUDG), who want to increase resources for STEP by €3 billion compared to...