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EU investment fund allocates €6.6bn to R&D and digitisation

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Regional funds also set for ‘increased focus’ on R&D

Negotiators have agreed to boost spending on research and innovation under two broad 2021-27 EU funds.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU agreed on 8 December that the InvestEU programme, which is intended to leverage €400 billion of investments from national budgets and industry, should allocate €6.6bn of its €26bn EU guarantee to research, innovation and digitisation.

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