European Parliament proposes €1M system to improve foresight research

Anna Jenkinson

MEP James Elles

The European Parliament is proposing to spend €1 million to improve long-term policy research in order to inform decisions taken by the leadership of the European Union. The aim is for all EU institutions to be able to approach policy-making from the basis of common analyses of the probable outcomes of major issues facing Europe, said MEP James Elles in an interview with Science|Business.

The proposal, made in a recently adopted amendment to the EU’s draft budget for 2010, calls for a system to be set up across the EU’s various institutions that would be coordinated between the European Parliament, the...

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