As the main committee handling Horizon Europe, ITRE is leading parliament’s call for the budget for the research programme to be increased from €94.1 million proposed by the commission, to €120 billion. Vălean has experience of steering big ticket programmes, having been rapporteur for the Connecting Europe Facility, which is putting €33.2 billion into upgrading Europe’s transport, energy and digital networks.
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 has elected Adina-Ioana Vălean, a member of Romania’s National Liberal Party, as its chair.){kind=link}