Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme

Tabled by Filip Turek, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Enikő Győri, András László, György Hölvényi, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Annamária Vicsek, Jordan Bardella, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Malika Sorel, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Nikola Bartůšek, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Tomasz Buczek, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Kinga Gál, Pál Szekeres, Anna Bryłka, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci, Ton Diepeveen, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Marieke Ehlers, Rachel Blom, Harald Vilimsky, Georg Mayer, Elisabeth Dieringer, Mathilde Androuët, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, András Gyürk, Judita Laššáková, Dominik Tarczyński, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Marlena Maląg, Erik Kaliňák, Tamás Deutsch, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Gerolf Annemans, Tom Vandendriessche, Sebastian Kruis, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, Monika Beňová, Ľuboš Blaha, Paolo Borchia, Patryk Jaki, Jacek Ozdoba

Added: 4a. Deplores the fact that, due to Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/25061a, the entities financed by Hungarian public interest trust foundations, notably 21 Hungarian universities and 1 Austrian university, are prevented from receiving direct EU funding, including Horizon Europe funds; notes, therefore, that, other than consortia members, they are excluded from participating in Horizon Europe; underlines that the framework programme must ensure that all researchers have the opportunity to participate, regardless of their nationality and place of employment; warns that this decision and its excessively strict interpretation are damaging European R&I cooperation and urges the Commission, for this reason, to present without delay, following swift and constructive negotiations with all stakeholders concerned, a proposal to withdraw Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506; ______________ 1a Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506 of 15 December 2022 on measures for the protection of the Union budget against breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary, OJ L 325, 20.12.2022, p. 94, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2022/2506/oj.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.719v01-00