As part of the Horizon 2020 (H2020) interim evaluation, the European Commission has recently published a report with a detailed analysis of the feedback received during the public consultation on this topic which took place earlier this year. The consultation counted with around 3500 responses, out of which 9% were from academia and another 9% from researchers. Respondents mostly recognize the importance of Horizon 2020 to research and also agreed that there is a need for a bigger budget in the future. EuCheMS answer to this public consultation is available here.  Also, the European Parliament´s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), will be voting by the end of May on a report led by Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Member of European Parliament.  The interim evaluation for H2020 should be concluded by the end of 2017.

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/; http://www.europarl.europa.eu/