The ERA Act "signals the need for something additional" (European Commission official)

"My interpretation of the ERA Act is that it signals the need for something additional to what we’re already doing. It could provide legislation to specifically address obstacles to the fifth freedom and the free movement of knowledge. This combination of policy coordination and targeted legislation seems like a logical way forward", says a European Commission official focusing on the ERA dossier to News Tank on 28/10/2024.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, proposes the construction of an ERA Act, to guarantee a fifth freedom in the mission letter to Ekaterina Zaharieva, commissioner-designated for Start-up and R&I, on 17/09/2024. The following day, the European Commission organised an ERA conference "Fostering greater integration. Advancing competitiveness" in Brussels.

The purpose of the event was to bring together stakeholders and policymakers in the same context to:

• look back on the past four years of activities within the European Research Area, as the first cycle of the ERA Policy Agenda is nearing its end;

• look into the future and inform the…