Big boost for renewable energy projects across Europe
ALDE MEP Chris Davies (UK, Liberal Democrat) has welcomed news today that a funding mechanism he helped steer through Parliament on behalf of the Liberal and Democrat Group in 2009 will lead to over €3 billion being put into new...
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More focus on innovation and SMEs in Horizon 2020
Today, the European Parliament's Industry, Research & Energy Committee (ITRE) voted on its negotiation position for Horizon 2020, the upcoming EU multi-annual programme for research and innovation. It is the eighth RTD framework...
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EU R&D budget shows added value of EU level spending
Today, July 9th the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn announced the next and final set of calls for proposals valued at € 8.1 billion for the EU's 7th RTD Framework Programme with a...
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ALDE urges for more economic growth through market driven innovation
The ALDE Group supports the general outline of the Horizon 2020 proposal. On the occasion of an ALDE seminar on the strengths and weaknesses of the upcoming EU framework programme for research and innovation yesterday afternoon...
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Rising resource prices are the biggest threat for industry
The European Parliament´s Environment, Food and Safety Committee approved today its report on the Commission's "Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe" drafted by Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands), which defines...
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