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Science and the EU

Jul 6, 2005

The current argument over the European Union's budget for 2007-2013 might seem to be bad news for science, but there could be a silver lining. The immediate concern is that plans to spend €73bn on the EU's Seventh Framework programme for research - which would have an annual expenditure more than double that of the current programme - are likely to be delayed or derailed until the budget can be agreed. Failure to agree the budget will also hamper plans to set up a European Research Council (ERC) to support the best fundamental research in Europe, now called "frontier research" by Brussels. However, the debate that seems to be brewing about the future of the EU - albeit reluctantly in some member states - could result in a much higher profile for science and innovation across the union.

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