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Europe the rule-maker

Proactive, cosmopolitan and open, the European Union is filling a leadership void on the global stage, argue James Wilsdon and Sarah de Rijcke.
  1. James Wilsdon

    1. James Wilsdon is professor of research policy at the University of Sheffield, UK.

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  2. Sarah de Rijcke

    1. Sarah de Rijcke is director of the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

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Last month, in their final session before elections, a thumping majority of members of the European Parliament approved the legislative package for the European Union’s next programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. Arguments will rage for another six months about the size of its budget — now pencilled in at €94 billion (US$106 billion) by the European Commission and member states. Such ritual debates are important, but they can obscure a greater achievement.

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Nature 569, 479-481 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01568-x

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