Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

6.3.2026 B100156/1

Amendment 7

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Recital A a (new)

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Aa. whereas scientific and technological development should aim at expanding knowledge and meeting social needs; whereas scientific policies and development strategies should be based on scientific and technological systems that are public and democratic and have budgets commensurate with their tasks, on the professional development of researchers and science workers, on listening to the scientific community and on international cooperation and solidarity;

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Amendment 8

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Recital D a (new)

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Da. whereas there is a high concentration of funds from the Horizon Europe programme in the technologically most developed Member States; whereas, according to the Horizon Dashboard, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands received 51.3 % of these funds – 68.7 % if we include Italy and Belgium – while the 15 Member States in the Widening programme together received 14.8 %; whereas initial asymmetries in scientific and technological development between states make it difficult for research units to access these funds, asymmetries that are deepened by the concentration of Horizon Europe funds;

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Amendment 9

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Recital D b (new)

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Db. whereas the constraints placed on the least developed Member States in the framework of economic governance impede the necessary investment in R&D and the proper functioning of research units and centres and academic institutions, promote the use of budget cuts to public science funding entities and limit the full harnessing of states’ development potential;

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Amendment 10

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Recital F a (new)

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Fa. whereas the scientific sector is characterised by widespread precarious employment and dependence on research grants; whereas thousands of researchers work with funding for projects of limited duration, through individual research grants, project grants or fixed-term employment contracts, or by performing specific tasks as self-employed workers, with added difficulties for young people at the start of their careers; whereas job insecurity restricts the freedom of scientific research; whereas failing to address precariousness excludes researchers from the full enjoyment of labour rights and protections, puts them at a disadvantage in terms of social security contributions and restricts their financial autonomy and ability to form a family;

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6.3.2026 B100156/5

Amendment 11

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Paragraph 3 a (new)

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3a. Rejects interference in the autonomy, democracy and internal functioning of academic and scientific institutions, and the conditioning of research and scientific freedom by private interests on the basis of objectives that are contrary to the proliferation of knowledge, to social cohesion and to the fight against inequalities; rejects the instrumentalisation of science for warfare, militarisation and the arms race;

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6.3.2026 B100156/6

Amendment 12

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Defends the labour rights of researchers and scientific workers, the enhancement of their careers, stable job contracts and access to social security with guaranteed sickness, maternity, unemployment and retirement protection; advocates the end of statuses and systems based on research grants that promote the dependency of researchers on these grants indiscriminately over time, which is incompatible with the promotion of scientific work; recognises that there can be no real freedom of production and scientific and intellectual creation as long as precariousness in the sector persists;

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6.3.2026 B100156/7

Amendment 13

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Paragraph 4 b (new)

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4b. Recommends the development of policies to strengthen the labour rights of researchers and other R&D professionals as a central and indispensable element of national development policies and strategies, including in scientific and technological terms;

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Amendment 14

João Oliveira

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution B100156/2026

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Eszter Lakos, Sofie Eriksson, Ivars Ijabs, Ville Niinistö

Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act

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Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Calls on the Commission to take effective action to address the high geographical concentration of Horizon Europe funds by strengthening the instruments aimed at the participation of countries in the Widening programme and ensuring a more balanced distribution of resources that takes into account the existing asymmetries in scientific and technological development, promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion by building research and innovation capacities in the less developed Member States;

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