7 July 2026

Today 86 European research and innovation stakeholders, lead by EARTO and including EUREC, have endorsed a joint declaration calling for a bold and ambitious FP10 to leverage private investment, mature technologies, and build the cross-border collaborative ecosystems needed to deliver innovation at the scale and speed Europe requires.

The joint declaration urges institutions to:

• Allocate a substantially increased budget to FP10, commensurate with the ambition set out in the Draghi report and the Competitiveness Compass
• Reinforce collaborative, industry-driven RD&I through a strengthened Pillar II
• Ensure FP10, together with the ECF, supports the full RD&I continuum — from
  fundamental research to deployment and scale-up — aligned with EU strategic priorities and
  clearly defined industrial needs

Preserving a strong ECF and FP10, both in terms of budget and in terms of governance and synergies between the two programmes is essential to support the entire innovation cycle, strengthen Europe’s industrial base, and deliver on the Union’s competitiveness objectives. All 86 signatories indicated their willingness to support EU Institutions in designing an FP10 that is bold, well-resourced, and fit to deliver the innovation-driven productivity growth Europe urgently needs.

Read the full joint declaration in the attachment below: