On 17 March the Council adopted InvestEU, the EU’s new investment programme.
The European Commission launched on 18 March, at an online event, the European Innovation Council (EIC) with a budget of over €10 billion (in current prices) for 2021-2027 to develop and expand breakthrough innovations.
The Council adopted on 16 March its first reading position on Horizon Europe, the EU’s multiannual framework programme for research and innovation for the years 2021 to 2027 ( “the programme”).
The results of the EIT Stakeholder Forum 2020 were published on 17 March in a report ‘Making Innovation Happen for a Strong and Resilient Europe’.
The Commission welcomed the provisional political agreement reached on 16 March by the European Parliament and EU Member States on the new Customs Control Equipment Instrument for 2021-2027