Parliament draws three red lines in negotiations on next EU research programme, R&I expert says

The European Parliament is determined not to back down on three key issues in the negotiations on the EU’s next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10), a research-intensive university representative said.

Kurt Deketelaere, secretary-general of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), stated: "The whole question for the following weeks is: who is going to blink first? Parliament is not going to." He was speaking on 03/10/2026 at the European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC) Summit.

According to him, the three points the European Parliament will not back down on in the negotiations are:
• the association of third countries to FP10, which should be possible from day one through a swift process that does not drag on for a year or longer;
• an expert-led…