Seen from Brussels

The Swiss government, the Federal Council, adopted a package of new agreements with the EU to stabilise and further develop the Swiss-EU relations.

The debate around EU Preference is intensifying further as EU leaders meet for a turning point retreat in a historic Belgian castle.

With the beginning of a new year, a new EU country takes the helm of the Council of the EU. The Cypriot government starts their presidency in turbulent times.

Several European university associations propose amendments for FP10 to simplify association and collaboration with UK and Switzerland.

After four long years of exclusion, Switzerland is finally back in Horizon Europe, with full association retroactively effective from 1 January 2025.

EU Member States approve the Swiss association to Horizon; while also agreeing to dual use in the EIC with a provision that could exclude non-EU countries.

From von der Leyen’s “science is one of the most valuable global goods” to Draghi’s “€175 billion for Horizon Europe will fall short”.

​​The Commission set high ambitions for the next budgetary cycle and put strong programmes for research, innovation and education forward.​ 

A new report shows Horizon Europe success rates varying between 8% and 80% depending on the instrument. And Switzerland moves closer to EU programme association.

The EU adopts a new European research policy agenda for 2025-2027, but the future of the EU’s research funding remains uncertain.