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Research and innovation: State of play of EU-UK cooperation
Since 1 January 2024, the United Kingdom (UK) has been associated to Horizon Europe, with almost 6 000 UK Horizon projects as of 9 January 2026. The legislative proposals for Horizon Europe (2028-2034) and the Euratom training programme (2028-2032) represent a timely opportunity to discuss the future of bilateral EU-UK cooperation in research and innovation, including in the field of nuclear science and technologies.
Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 EU budget: Section III – European Commission
The 2027 annual EU budget will be the last one under the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), which covers the period from 2021 to 2027. The European Parliament is contributing to the preparation of next year's budget through a set of guidelines, and the Commission will adopt the draft 2027 budget in early summer. The draft guidelines, as adopted by the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) on 5 March 2026, express Parliament's commitment to deliver for people, the economy and the planet. Parliament ...
Monthly Highlights: Research digest for committees - March 2026
Forest reproductive material
On 8 December 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the 2023 Commission proposal for a regulation on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material (FRM). The new regulation would replace the current FRM Council Directive and widen its scope to include not only FRM for forestry purposes but also the FRM for conservation of forest genetic resources. The proposal would introduce a requirement for the basic material harvested for FRM production ...
Background information on the post-2027 MFF - March 2026
This digest provides a collection of documents prepared by the academia, think tanks, other EU institutions and bodies, as well as stakeholders that can be useful for Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets to stay informed about the debate concerning the next Multiannual Financial Framework, starting in 2028. The document is produced monthly by the Budgetary Support Unit of DG BUDG and the European .
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From 8 to 12 March 2026, a delegation of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee will attend the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, USA.
On 16 and 17 March 2026, the European Parliament and the European Commission will co-host the fourth edition of the EU Tax Symposium in the Autworld (Parc du Cinquantenaire) and the Hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels, with the participation of National Parliaments.
The Policy Department of the European Parliament organises for the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a Workshop on ‘What Europeans Think about Immigration and Why It Matters’. This event will focus on scientific evidence regarding public perceptions of immigration’s effects, given that even when based on factual data, people’s perceptions can vary markedly.
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