EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺

Policy updates from the @EU_Commission's Directorate-General for Research & Innovation. Follow also @HorizonEU, @EZaharievaEU & @lemaitre_eu

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Ahead of next week’s State of the Union address by President @ursulavonderleyen, here’s a recap of some of our biggest achievements over the past year ⬇️

Our Achievements - https://t.co/6OFu83Xkgr
SOTEU 2026 - https://t.co/WiH6H8DjLq

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

@EZaharievaEU @lemaitre_eu @HorizonEU @EUeic @ERC_Research @REA_research @cinea_eu @EU_EISMEA @EU_HaDEA @EUgreenresearch @EU_JRC @EU_Commission

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

How can Europe become the best place to research, innovate and grow?

Join the conversation at the European Research and Innovation Days 2026.

📅 10–11 November
📍 Brussels + online

Save the date - more details coming soon! #RiDaysEU

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: 16 September 2026!

Curious about what the EU has been up to in the past year and what’s coming next? The State of the European Union 2026 is coming up!

Join us as we reflect on our shared achievements and chart the path forward for Europe.

[Ekaterina Zaharieva @EZaharievaEU]

Europe has the talent and ideas. We need to help them scale.
Good exchange with @EP_Industry today on the new European Innovation Act and how to turn our innovation potential into industrial leadership, anchored in Europe.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Our security on Earth increasingly depends on our security in space.

And some capabilities are too important to depend on others.

Up there, Europe must act as one.

Building together what no Member State could build alone. https://t.co/0jietcEnGH

[EU Joint Research Centre @EU_JRC]

Smarter rules for innovation could generate substantial economic returns for the EU.

➡️Our analysis finds that 3 reforms proposed under the European Innovation Act could generate up to €452 billion in cumulative GDP and additional jobs over 10 years.

https://t.co/OxDX2ciXIo

[Ekaterina Zaharieva @EZaharievaEU]

Europe has the talent, the research and the startups.
Now we need to turn that strength into commercial success.
We adopted the European Innovation Act and a Recommendation on regulatory sandboxes.
Our message: Trust our innovators. Build Europe’s future with them. 🇪🇺 (1/2)

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

Check out the Recommendation: https://t.co/0tFIWxPpv0

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

Two new proposals adopted today aim to create better conditions for innovators so that they can grow & succeed in the EU.

- The European Innovation Act
- The Proposal for a Council Recommendation on regulatory sandboxes

See how we’ll make it possible! 🔗https://t.co/TS9gqV0arm

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

We are tabling two packages - two major shifts for Europe’s economic leadership.

Our EU Innovation Act will help start-ups access finance and navigate the world of R&D procurement.

And we are revamping public procurement rules.

Making them simpler, clearer and more focused on our environmental, social and innovation goals.

And, where it matters, on Made in Europe.

https://t.co/WdFx07uN5V

https://t.co/77EirjEUJh

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

@EUAgri

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

One strategic agri-food approach, two linked frameworks: AgRI 2040 for agriculture, forestry & rural areas; Food 2040 for food systems.

Together, they will steer R&I towards a more competitive, resilient and sustainable EU agri-food sector.

➡️https://t.co/wzZxAJXDFO

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

The State of the European Union 2026 takes place on Wednesday, 16 September. 🇪🇺

🌐 https://t.co/WiH6H8DjLq

#SOTEU

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

Discuss the role of #ScienceDiplomacy in a fragmented world at the symposium “The role of research & technology infrastructures in science diplomacy.”

📅28 Oct at @SESAME_Jordan

🔗https://t.co/mxAJ3SLGmB

@EU_Commission, @UNESCO, @UfMSecretariat

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

New factsheet: Unlocking Nature's Potential Across Systems, Sectors and Budgets.

How can we help close the nature finance gap?

Investing in Nature-based Solutions delivers simultaneous benefits for biodiversity, society and the economy.

➡️https://t.co/y6GFKggveU

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

@OECD

[EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 @EUScienceInnov]

If you’re a researcher, don’t wait any longer and raise your voice! The international survey on Research & Development (R&D) personnel is still open! Your input will help better understand how R&D work is evolving. It takes just 10 minutes to complete.
➡️ https://t.co/MM870L171W

[Ekaterina Zaharieva @EZaharievaEU]

Great discussion with science minister Robert Plaga about the new Horizon Europe and the upcoming Innovation Act and ERA Act. I also met the leadership of the Czech Academy of Sciences - impressed with its success in ERC and its drive in bringing knowledge to the market.

[Ekaterina Zaharieva @EZaharievaEU]

But public funding alone will never be enough. We need private capital alongside it. That’s why we are mobilising new tools, including the Scaleup Europe Fund.
Our goal is clear: turn Europe’s AI strength into European scale and global leadership. 🇪🇺 (2/2)