The European Parliament is considering plans that would push EU countries to spend a third of their regional funds on research infrastructure – increasing the budget on science and innovation beyond that reserved in the upcoming research programme for 2014-2020.
The Parliament has already squared up for a fight with the European Commission over the research budget in the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF). The dispute centres on legislators' demands that €100 billion be set aside for Horizon 2020, the EU's 8th framework programme for research that will run from 2014 to 2020.
A report adopted by the Parliament plenary asks for €20 billion more to be set aside for research. But the Commission’s own proposal of €80 billion would itself represent one of the largest sectoral budget increases if ultimately approved.
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