28/04/25 (Agence Europe) – In a position paper published on Thursday 24 April, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) has opposed the civilian and military redirection of the Framework Programme (FP) budget. The European Commission is considering this approach to encourage defence-related investment through the EU budget and to implement the ‘ReArm Europe’ plan (see EUROPE B13625A2). “This can hardly be called a ‘consulted policy’ and will further erode the already...