EU ministers seek to broaden bloc’s R&D policy outreach

Member state research ministers stress importance of openness in European Research Area overhaul

Ministers from EU countries say closer research ties with partners abroad and better links with stakeholders at home are needed, as the bloc tries to push forward in a unified manner with its R&D policies.

Meeting as the Competitiveness Council on 28 September, member state research ministers stressed the importance of the EU being open to cooperation on R&D while also promoting European values in a series of formal conclusions adopted at the meeting, a line also taken by the European Commission.