Horizon Europe: MEPs reach agreement at shadow rapporteurs level, vote on 10/11/2026

News Tank Academic - Brussels - News #457712 - Published on 20/10/26 at 10:30
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The MEPs in charge of the EP's reports on the next Horizon Europe programme (FP10) announced on 19/10/2026 that they reached an agreement at the Shadow Rapporteur level.

Christian Ehler, a German centre-right MEP (EPP), is rapporteur on the regulation establishing the programme, and René Repasi, also a German MEP, is a centre-left MEP (S&D), rapporteur on the specific programme implementing it. Both confirmed that the vote in the European Parliament's committee in charge of research and innovation will take place on 10/11/2026.

Ehler wrote that their "two core demands" were that:

• Pillar 2 of the programme, dedicated to collaborative research, stayed under Horizon Europe governance, instead of the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) governance as it was proposed by the Commission. To…

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Christian Ehler and René Repasi - ©  D.R.

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