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Europe must scale up research and innovation to remain competitive, new Commission report says
The European Commission published the 2026 edition of its Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU report, a comprehensive assessment of Europe's research and innovation landscape. The press release is dated 01 Oct 2026 from Brussels.
Categories: science-and-space, politics-and-governance, economy-and-trade
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 6/10
- Geographic reach
- 6/10
- Global importance
- 4/10
- Impact magnitude
- 4/10
- Positivity
- 6/10
- Urgency
- 3/10
Why it matters
The report provides a comprehensive EU-wide assessment of research and innovation performance.

