Breaking news"Cutting Horizon by 10% doesn't fly for us" Roberta Metsola says ahead of European Council

News Tank Academic - Brussels - News #457284 - Published on 15/10/26 at 12:59
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Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, criticised the proposed cuts to Horizon Europe at a press conference on 15/10/2026, ahead of the European Council summit taking place on 15 and 16/10/2026, where EU leaders are due to discuss the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034.

“We cannot agree on Europe’s ambitions and then cut the means to achieve them. (...) So cutting Horizon by 10% when we want our continent to innovate and be globally competitive (...), in our opinion, doesn’t fly for us,” she said.

On 10/10/2026, the Irish Presidency of the Council presented its revised negotiating box, proposing €1,825 billion for the overall MFF, compared with €1,984bn in the European Commission’s July 2025 proposal.

For Horizon Europe, it proposes €158.187bn, 9.6% below the…

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Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament - ©  EUROPEAN UNION

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