ERA Policy Agenda 2025-2027 which provides "a clearer policy based focus and a clearer structure"

The European Commission proposes the European Research Area Policy Agenda 2025-2027, on 28/02/2025. This follows the previous 2022-2024 Agenda, which was part of the broader ‘New ERA’ initiative launched in 2021 by former Commissioner for Education and Research & Innovation, Mariya Gabriel. The initiative aimed to revitalise efforts to create of a single market without borders for R&I launched in 2000.

The second ERA Policy Agenda aims to establish a framework for voluntary actions across the European Research Area, encouraging member states to uphold a shared set of values and principles for R&I in the EU. It proposes four priority areas with 11 structural longterm policies and eight actions to continue work on ERA, providing "a clearer policy based focus and a clearer structure to facilitate implementation by national administrations and stakeholders", according to the Commission.

For stakeholders in Brussels, 'New ERA' is "failing" in its objectives due to the reluctance of member states to allow EU interference in domestic research policy, as the initiatives and documents part…