The future European MFF "must support ambitious and independent programmes for education, R&I" (EUA)

"The EU’s next long-term budget must support ambitious and independent programmes for education, research and innovation", states the EUA on 06/05/2025, advocating for "education, innovation and research to be high priorities within the next generation of EU funding programmes".

The association reports that it responded to public consultations on the next MFF launched by the European Commission in February 2025 regarding "EU funding for competitiveness, cross-border education and training, the single market and cooperation between national authorities, as well as the consultation on the performance of the EU budget".

The EUA notably stressed "the importance of further investment in R&I, education and skills as an essential contribution to the EU’s long-term competitiveness, as well as its green and social resilience and sustainability.

The design of the next MFF must give priority to the establishment of a fifth freedom, allowing the free movement of R&I and education to genuinely lay the foundations for a strengthened single market. Moreover, to effectively support European R&I…