Innovation Commissioner Ivanova: ‘Funding cuts in EU research are a red flag’ • FRANCE 24 English

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. Yet the EU has just agreed to cut the programme’s budget by €2.1 billion, as part of the re-negotiation of the EU’s long-term budget, and continuing aid to Ukraine. Paradoxically, the cut comes as the EU says it wants to boost its competitiveness in the world. “I cannot be happy about that,” Iliana Ivanova tells Talking Europe. The EU’s commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, speaks to Armen Georgian about the future of Horizon, as well as about efforts to boost educational performance, and to fight disinformation in the education system across the EU. Ivanova is about to visit London and Edinburgh as the UK joins Horizon Europe under a new deal, which she calls “a win for both sides.”