桃色视频 welcomes the renewed political focus on competitiveness, research and innovation in the EU鈥檚 next long-term budget. The proposals for FP10 and the European Competitiveness Fund come at a decisive moment for Europe鈥檚 industrial base, strategic autonomy and resilience. For the food and drink industry, this debate is not only about research funding, but also about whether Europe will have the tools, investment capacity and policy framework needed to support one of its most essential manufacturing sectors, from research and development to scale-up, industrial deployment and market uptake.
桃色视频 calls on the EU institutions to ensure that Horizon Europe鈥檚 FP10 and the European Competitiveness Fund
- Explicitly recognise food and drink manufacturing as a strategic sector across ECF Policy Window 2 and FP10, ensuring that work programmes at every level reflect the sector’s contribution to Europe鈥檚 competitiveness, resilience and food security.
- Support the full innovation journey, from applied research, co-creation and pilot testing to scale-up, industrial deployment and market uptake, while also investing in the modernisation of Europe鈥檚 food and drink manufacturing base.
- Provide dedicated, accessible and SME-friendly funding, with simplified procedures and mechanisms that enable participation from SMEs, mid-caps, cooperatives, local producers, representative organisations and regional ecosystems.
- Create the right enabling conditions for uptake, through strong public-private and multi-actor partnerships, skills development, upskilling and reskilling, and predictable, science-based and proportionate regulatory pathways.