Horizon Europe ‘will be strengthened’, after research spending ‘proves its worth’ during COVID-19 crisis, tells EC president von der Leyen.
Horizon Europe was originally slated to receive €94.1 billion when it was drawn up in 2018, a rise from €77 billion in the current Horizon Europe programme, which ends in December 2020.
The prospects of the forthcoming programme have risen and fallen in negotiations over the past two years, with one recent EU budget meeting among member states placing the total for research at under €87 billion. The president’s words on Wednesday, 13th May and the words of the research commissioner last week, raise expectations that the €94.1 billion figure will be safeguarded – and added to.
