Christian Ehler has been member of the European Parliament since 2004 and the co-coordinator of theCommittee on Industry, Research and Energy. Since his election, Ehler has been actively engaged in EU research and innovation policy and contributed to the successful set-up of FP7 and provided substantial input its subsequent mid-term review. In 2011 he became the EPP’s shadow rapporteur for the Commission’s green paper on Horizon 2020. Subsequently, when the Commission published its proposal for Horizon 2020 in 2011, he was nominated as the Parliament’s rapporteur for the rules of participation of Horizon 2020 as well as the EPP’s shadow rapporteur for the Horizon 2020 Framework Regulation.