European Commission plans to boost the budget for Horizon 2020 to €80 billion have been given a shot in the arm as research ministers prepare to back the plans in contrast to finance ministers who oppose them, Research Fortnight’s sister publication Research Europe has revealed.
The finance ministers’ position, which is that Horizon 2020’s budget should remain the same as Framework 7’s, is also the official position of EU member states. But now research ministers are backing the Commission and the European Parliament in pushing for a higher budget.
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