Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

Tabled by András Gyürk, Auke Zijlstra, Viktória Ferenc, Raffaele Stancanelli, Julie Rechagneux, Ondřej Knotek, Ernő SchallerBaross, Annamária Vicsek, Pál Szekeres, Pascale Piera, György Hölvényi, Isabella Tovaglieri, Enikő Győri, András László, Aleksandar Nikolic, Kinga Gál, Tomáš Kubín, Paolo Borchia, Csaba Dömötör, Tamás Deutsch, Jana Nagyová, Mélanie Disdier

… those with lower R&I performance, to improve their participation in Union programmes; Added: deplores the fact, therefore, that because of the entry into effect of Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/25061a, entities financed by Hungarian public interest trust foundations, notably 21 Hungarian universities and one Austrian university, are prevented from receiving direct EU funding; underlines that all researchers must have equal opportunities to participate in the ERA, regardless of their nationality and place of employment; warns that this decision and its excessively strict interpretation are undermining the concept of the ERA; urges the Commission, for this reason, to present, without delay, a legal 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. PE784.264v01-00