Today in Brussels, the Commission and New Zealand signed the association agreement on the participation of New Zealand to Horizon Europe, the EU's research, and innovation programme.
The timetable for the new research commissioner Iliana Ivanova to take office has been pushed into the autumn, as her hearing before the industry and culture committees of the European Parliament will not be scheduled before the summer holidays.
The five high profile Horizon Europe research Missions set up to address grand challenges in areas including climate change, cancer and water pollution are not working out as planned after failing to pull in external funding, the new head of EU research Marc Lemaître admitted in one of his first public outings since taking up the role in February.
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