Following backing from MEPs in Strasbourg yesterday, some researchers are likely to get EU funding for research on embryonic stem cells over the next seven years. However, the union will insist on a ...

Next tonight there will be short presentations of two policy reports, including one urging the EU to consider changes to copyright laws to anticipate the rise of 3D printing. After this, MEPs will ...

The Parliament’s plenary debate on the industry committee’s report on FP7 showed that embryonic stem cell research continues to divide MEPs. The debate also showed clear support for nuclear energy ...

A group of 73 MEPs are asking the Commission not to use EU taxpayer’s money to fund research on human embryo and embryonic stem cells and to exclude this research area from the FP7. In the context of ...

The European Commission is engaged in a struggle with the European Parliament over how to fund the European Union’s contribution to a €315 billion investment fund that is supposed to revive the ...

Members of the European Parliament voted yesterday to allow EU cash to fund research using stem cells from human embryos, after a bitter debate on the ethics of the techniques. Efforts led by ...

The European Parliament’s environment committee has called for further study into scores of chemicals to establish whether they are safe to use in electronic devices and electrical goods. At least two ...

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MEPs debate EU defence research fund for 2019 and 2020 Later: Debate on report urging 18 as universal age for marriage across EU Debates follow on climate diplomacy and a UN meeting in September Paul ...

European MPs have voted against allowing scientists to carry out research on stem cells taken from embryos. The vote by members of the European Parliament (MEPs) could now see this type of research ...