On 15 September 2025, the European Commission launched a new strategy to strengthen Europe’s research and technology infrastructures, to boost Europe’s leadership in scientific excellence and technological innovation. The Commission highlights that in order to remain a frontrunner in the global race for science and innovation, Europe must reinforce decisively its research and technology infrastructures and make them even more integrated and accessible to a wider range of users. The significance of research and technology infrastructures was emphasised in both the Draghi report on ‘The Future of EU competitiveness‘ and the ‘Align, Act Accelerate‘ report by the Commission Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe. These infrastructures will be key to the ‘fifth freedom’, the free movement of research, innovation and knowledge, underpinning the entire research and innovation (R&I) ecosystem.
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