Underlines the importance of research and innovation in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable, world-leading, knowledge-based economy which uses its natural resources efficiently and responsibly; calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to agree on a specific roadmap for achieving th
e 3 % GDP target of investment in research; points to the massive economic commitment that this target would entail, in terms of additional expenditure totalling EUR 130 billion, annually and funded from all sources; stresses, consequently, the need to enhance, stimulate and secure the financing of research and innovation in the Union
...[+++] via a significant increase in expenditure, and in EU research and innovation funding – notably through the Horizon 2020 programme;