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LERU announces concerns for Horizon budget

By: Tom Russell 03/09/2015 4C Offshore

General Windfarms

In preparation of the ECOFIN ministers formally adopting their position on the 2016 EU draft budget, LERU announced their wishes for the Horizon 2020 budget to be respected.

As a result of “attacks” The League of European Research Universities have released a statement explaining that it “strongly rejects ECOFIN” and that the proposed cuts are “unacceptable" for a Union that prides itself on supporting "competitiveness and research.”

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council are expected to advocate the agreement set out by the Committee of Permanent Representatives. The agreement will result in cuts of €72.3 million to the Horizon 2020 budget and €205.2 million in payment appropriations.

Following a political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council , May this year, the “LERU bottom line requests” were respected for Horizon 2020´s contribution to EFSI´s Guarantee Fund. €2.2 billion was drawn for redeployment by the European Fund instead of the previously proposed €2.7 billion however a €164.8 million contribution will be made in 2016.

“The cuts deriving from EFSI are already harmful enough for the Horizon 2020 budget (in 2016 and later) and further cuts would be unacceptable”, says LERU Chair Prof. Alain Beretz. “Policymakers seem oblivious to the fact that with each new attack on the Horizon 2020 budget, they seriously erode the credibility of the EU´s and Member States´ commitment to research”.

LERU has steadfastly denounced the fact that Finance Ministers have sought, time and again over the past few years, to cut on research during the annual negotiations of the EU budget. They have stated repeatedly, “Horizon 2020 is not a lemon!” and the EU institutions and Member States “should stop squeezing it.”

During the ongoing budgetary procedure, LERU calls upon the other EU institutions to strongly oppose the cuts in the Horizon 2020 budget for 2016, as suggested by the Council, and to prevent the introduction of further cuts.

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