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ViewIndustry commissioner nominee scrapes over first hurdle

French industrialist Thierry Breton promises to recuse himself from decisions affecting his former company

ViewEducation and finance meeting stresses need for efficiencies

First joint ministerial meeting proclaims importance of education, but shows little sign of funding largesse

ViewDeputy takes on acting leadership of Joint Research Centre

European Commission yet to choose a permanent new head for its evidence service

ViewResearchers downbeat about Madrid climate conference

City stepped in to host UN event after deadly protests in Chile forced relocation

ViewSceptical academics rebuff calls for trust on open access

Conference demonstrates persisting tensions in scholarly publishing

ViewCern head gets second spin

Europe’s particle physics lab making Fabiola Gianotti first director-general to serve full second term

ViewPlan S funders under pressure over costs

Group insists cost increases can be avoided both overall and for institutions

ViewInterview: Slow progress and big deals

Transitional deals are bringing change to scholarly publishing, says Springer Nature’s head of open access

ViewCommission defends budget plan ahead of ministerial meeting

Ministers to discuss national support for R&D as budget battle rumbles on

ViewZoologists demand reform of EU agriculture policy

Societies blame Common Agricultural Policy for “catastrophic declines” in animal populations

ViewFrance and Germany unveil plans for industry data infrastructure

Ministers say deal important to Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’

ViewHungary agrees publishing deal with Elsevier

Deal ‘facilitates a cost-neutral transition to open access’, signatories say

ViewCroatian presidency to tackle research mobility and funding

Prime minister Andrej Plenković sets out EU host’s priorities for first half of 2020

ViewBrain research project launching interdisciplinary platform

Neuroscience platform will offer data sharing, analysis and modelling services

ViewCentres for European studies team up on masters course

Degree in European and transnational affairs to launch in 2021

ViewForest-monitoring satellite given go-ahead

Mission to measure carbon storage using unique instrumentation

ViewStudy finds ‘staggering’ differences in article costs

Publishers caution against straightforward interpretation of findings

ViewEducation commissioner returning to teaching

Tibor Navracsics to teach politics in his native Hungary

ViewMoedas’s advisers publish final recommendations

Research, Innovation and Science Policy Experts Group talks missions, diplomacy and disruptive technologies

ViewIndia U-turns on Plan S

Government’s principal scientific advisor revokes commitment to join controversial open-access initiative

ViewEU accepts UK’s request for Brexit extension

Move will extend access to Horizon research funding for UK universities

ViewBiomedical groups demand open access for industry authors

Push for commercial researchers to have same publishing rights as academic colleagues

ViewPossible extension to Horizon access for UK universities

EU agrees in principle to delay Brexit again as hopes of deal rise

ViewLibraries want more detail on costs of Plan S

International groups of research libraries concerned about implications of radical open-access initiative

ViewMacron turns to business chief for EU industry job

IT company head nominated for digitisation, space and defence research role

ViewMolecular biologists look to funders to boost open access

European molecular biology organisation reveals its publishing costs but awaits “further developments” from funders

ViewCouncil rejects Parliament’s 2020 budget plan: crunch talks ensue

Tug-of-war incoming over plans for bumper EU budget to cap seven-year cycle

ViewEuropean Commission: Leaving it open

Research commissioner Carlos Moedas departs to praise but with an uncertain legacy

ViewTroubled EU budget talks spark fears of cuts and delays

Commission president raises prospect of Horizon Europe starting two years late

ViewSenior R&D official joining Commission president’s team

Head of policy leaving R&D department to work for Ursula von der Leyen