MEPs agree to safeguard Horizon Europe’s autonomy from industrial policy agenda

News Tank Academic - Brussels - News #459009 - Published on 30/10/26 at 12:57
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René Repasi and Christian Ehler, MEPs and rapporteurs on Horizon Europe. - © dR

MEPs drafting the position of the European Parliament on the next Horizon Europe programme (FP10) have agreed to preserve its autonomy, refusing to have "its priorities determined by the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF)’s industrial policy agenda".

Christian Ehler, a German centre-right MEP (EPP) and rapporteur on the regulation establishing the FP10 programme, published the compromise texts agreed at the shadow-rapporteur level on the regulation and its specific programme on 30/10/2026, ahead of the vote in the EP's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) on 10/11/2026.

The rapporteurs and shadows agreed that "Horizon’s collaborative research and innovation activities under Pillar II would retain its own work programmes and research-based selection criteria, rather than…

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René Repasi and Christian Ehler, MEPs and rapporteurs on Horizon Europe. - © dR

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