🚀 Big news for R&I: the European Commission has proposed nearly doubling #HorizonEU to €175B under the new €409B #CompetitivenessFund, keeping it standalone & focused on excellence, innovation & competitiveness. #MFF #ChooseEurope #Science4EU
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July 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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💡 However, while this is a positive step, it is not yet a victory. The Framework Programme is now said to be "tightly connected" to the proposed #CompetitivenessFund, which is still raising concerns about its future independence, potential budget reallocations, and political steering. [3/4]
May 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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🌐 As uncertainty grows over the next EU research programme, EU Research Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has assured that the EU can successfully integrate the European #CompetitivenessFund with a standalone Framework Programme.
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FP10 meets Competitiveness Fund: ‘We can have both,’ says commissioner
The EU can have the European Competitiveness Fund and a standalone Framework Programme for research and innovation. “We can have both,” Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU commissioner for start-ups, research…
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April 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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⬆️ As the EU plans its next budget and considers merging FP10 into a new #CompetitivenessFund, @businesseurope.bsky.social warns against sidelining bottom-up research, urging support for both strategic goals and fundamental #science.
Don’t forget bottom-up research, industry tells Commission
Europe should not forget fundamental and bottom-up research as it looks to channel more resources to strategic technologies that will be crucial for its competitiveness, the business community is…
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May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📢 @europarl.europa.eu The Widening task force supports a separate Framework Programme for research support in Widening countries. As the #FP10 debate grows, MEPs and experts caution that combining it with the European #CompetitivenessFund might dilute essential targeted support.
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Parliament’s Widening task force joins calls for a standalone Framework Programme
The Widening countries still need targeted research and innovation support, according to a task force set up in the European Parliament to examine the question. And this, in turn, requires a…
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April 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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🎤 In her May 20 speech, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed that the EU’s next research programme, #FP10, will be “self-standing” yet “tightly connected” to the new #CompetitivenessFund.
The announcement was welcomed by many—but also raised questions.
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The announcement was welcomed by many—but also raised questions.
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Von der Leyen speech on Competitiveness Fund sparks mixed reactions
The next EU Framework Programme for research and innovation, FP10, will be “self-standing” yet “tightly connected” to the new Competitiveness Fund. These words, pronounced by European Commission…
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May 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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💰The @ec.europa.eu executive vice-president for prosperity and industrial strategy has confirmed that the new #CompetitivenessFund will include #research and #innovation. This follows months of speculation over whether #FP10 would be absorbed into the Commission’s mega-fund.
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New Competitiveness Fund may include research and innovation, Séjourné says
The fate of the next Framework Programme seems to have been sealed. After months of speculation around whether FP10 would be swallowed by the European Commission’s new Competitiveness Fund, Stéphane…
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May 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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🚨 A leak suggests a bold redesign of the European #CompetitivenessFund, impacting EU research and innovation funding post-2027. Leaked before the @ec.europa.eu Multiannual Financial Framework #MFF meeting, officials did not comment, but insiders note these ideas are familiar. 🔍
Brussels rumour mill churns out new scenario for FP10
EU research and innovation policy wonks are fretting over a new leaked chart detailing the structure of the proposed European Competitiveness Fund, which appears to be designed to bring several EU…
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May 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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🇮🇹 Italy lobbies for standalone #FP10, warning against EU’s proposed revamp. The country is pushing back against the @ec.europa.eu plan to integrate the successor to #HorizonEurope into a new #CompetitivenessFund.
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Italy lobbies for standalone FP10
Italy’s research organisations, MEPs and government officials are pushing back against plans to reorganise EU research and innovation funding, as the mediterranean country relies on EU Framework…
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March 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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But there is a risk that European preferences in the #CompetitivenessFund alienates partner countries that the EU badly needs. Important that statements about partnerships in #GlobalEurope are reflected in the concrete allocation of money. 5/x
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🇪🇺 EU ministers call for a standalone #FP10, separate from the #CompetitivenessFund. MEPs back a "standalone" #HorizonEurope successor, while ministers push to protect ERC & EIC. But with no Commission plans for FP10, concerns grow over its future beyond 2027.
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EU ministers call for independent FP10 in Warsaw Declaration
EU research ministers have sent a strong signal that they want the next Framework Programme, FP10, to be a standalone research and innovation programme and not part of a broader European…
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March 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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The proposal for an #eu umbrella #competitivenessfund is bold, but #research and #education funding must remain stable and sufficient.
#eupol #HorizonEU @EUA
https://www.eua.eu/news/eua-news/stable-research-innovation-and-education-programmes-are-needed-to-build-a-competitive-europe.html
#eupol #HorizonEU @EUA
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February 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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During the Annual EU Budget conference, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu shared first insights into the future of the #HorizonEU programme and the Commission's plans for a new #CompetitivenessFund 🧪
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May 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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"That leaves room for a possible European #CompetitivenessFund of over €300 billion, unheard of in the EU." and in the hands of Renew Commissioner, Stephane Sejourné, while taking it from EPP Commissioner, @christophehansen.bsky.social i.e. #industry ✅ #agriculture ❌
Commission toys with massive €522 billion competitiveness budget
Commission toys with massive €522 billion competitiveness budget
Document seen by Euractiv suggests a larger overall budget between 2028 and 2034, worth €1.717 trillion.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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🚨 The future of EU research funding is debated. @ec.europa.eu VP Stéphane Séjourné stated that the #CompetitivenessFund will support companies from research to production. However, there are concerns it might absorb #HorizonEurope and eliminate #FP10.
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Fate of research in competition mega-fund is no done deal
Signals that the next Framework Programme will be placed in a new Competitiveness Fund are growing, with European Commission vice president Stéphane Séjourné stating this week that the fund would be…
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May 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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State Secretary Goran Romek is representing 🇭🇷 at today’s #COMPET.
The #CompetitivenessFund should boost innovation across Europe — but also ensure geographical balance and provide companies quicker, simpler access to financing.
The #CompetitivenessFund should boost innovation across Europe — but also ensure geographical balance and provide companies quicker, simpler access to financing.
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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3/4 No mention of #HorizonEU lots on a #competitivenessfund, with focus on impact and leveraging private investment
This is the big one - will there be a revolution in EU's research and innovation funding?
This is the big one - will there be a revolution in EU's research and innovation funding?
January 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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💡MEPs call for a separate research programme post-#HorizonEurope, opposing its integration into the #CompetitivenessFund in the EU budget. A @europarl.europa.eu report labels the fund inadequate, advocating for a distinct Framework Programme.
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MEPs’ vote reinforces push for a standalone FP10
The European Parliament’s budget committee has declared the proposed European Competitiveness Fund “inadequate” and “not fit for purpose” in a report on the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework…
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April 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🧭MEP Eszter Lakos calls for the inclusion of the Widening agenda in the EU's next research program, FP10, particularly in the #CompetitivenessFund. She stresses that innovation & research should aid not just top performers but also enhance capability across all member states.https://buff.ly/0MeOfrM
Widening programme should carry over into FP10, says MEP
Hungarian MEP Eszter Lakos, a prominent voice on Widening in the European Parliament, has spoken out against the apparent marginalisation of the policy in plans for the next research Framework…
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May 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Why ring-fencing matters:
🔹 Signals serious EU commitment to R&I
🔹 Strengthens progress toward the 3% of GDP R&I spending target
🔹 Inspires confidence from private investors and national governments
🔹 Keeps FP10 complementary, not dependent on, the #CompetitivenessFund
🔹 Signals serious EU commitment to R&I
🔹 Strengthens progress toward the 3% of GDP R&I spending target
🔹 Inspires confidence from private investors and national governments
🔹 Keeps FP10 complementary, not dependent on, the #CompetitivenessFund
Joint letter to the Commission President on the future of research and innovation (FP10) – EUREC
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July 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Governance of the #CompetitivenessFund will be crucial. In parallel to budget negotiations, the EU should strengthen its capacity for independent analysis as a basis for the work plans for different sectors. Otherwise there is a risk that incumbents gain too much influence. 2/x
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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