The League of European Research Universities (LERU) welcomes the Partial General Approach, reached by the Competitiveness Council on 30 November. We also congratulate MEPs Dan Nica and Christian Ehler with the adoption of their reports in the EuropeanParliament (EP)’s ITRE Committee on 21 November, and thank them for their hard work. But it is clear that the work is not done yet.

In light of the upcoming EP plenary vote on the Nica and Ehler reports, and the trialogue discussions that will hopefully start soon, we list our main concerns for Horizon Europe as they stand now: timing, budget, widening participation, association and third country participation, global challenges, SMEs and the EIC, and budget division.