EU ROUND UP – EU COUNCIL BACKS NEW HORIZON 2020 RESEARCH PROGRAMME
February 1st, 2013
SUBSTANTIAL European Union (EU) funding for research into plastics, polymers and related disciplines such as nanotechnology has been guaranteed until 2020, with an EU budget deal assuring the continuation of the planned Horizon 2020 research programme.Heads of government agreed at a European Council ending February 8 that while the overall EU budget for 2014-20 should fall by 3%, Horizon 2020 should be protected because it is likely to promote economic growth. As a result, said an agreed communiqué “the funding for Horizon 2020…will represent a real growth ...
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