"Competitiveness Compass shortfall in vision for groundbreaking R&I policy" (Leru and The Guild)

"The Competitiveness Compass falls short of developing a vision that would articulate a groundbreaking R&I policy, as the essential foundation of an effective competitiveness policy. It will fail its objectives if it does not nurture the foundations of Europe’s competitiveness, its scientific excellence", indicates Leru and The Guild on 06/03/2025.

The two European universities associations writes an open letter to the presidents of the EU Institutions expressing their concerns about the future development of EU R&I policy and the next framework programme for research & innovation.

"The EU framework programme for R&I has been instrumental in boosting Europe’s scientific leadership and generating socio-economic impact. No national scheme - worldwide - has this capacity to bring together the best minds across countries. To harness this unique capability, the European Commission must increase its investment in the entire research and innovation continuum, leading to increased competitiveness and societal advancement, through an ambitious FP with a substantially increased and ring-fenced…