On Monday 7 November, the British government asked the European Commission to reinstate British researchers in the Horizon Europe European research programme.
London said it was unjustifiably excluded from the programme, which funds research, the nuclear regulator Euratom and the monitoring group for the Copernicus satellite. The British government and its Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty, believes that the delay constitutes a breach of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which provides for continued scientific cooperation.
The Minister was speaking at the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA), which brings together representatives from the EU and the UK to oversee post-Brexit trade and cooperation, which was being held in London on the same day.
The UK launched litigation against the EU in August over the fact it was excluded from the bloc’s scientific research programmes, according toAFP.
The European Commission has also refused to grant access to Swiss researchers to Horizon Europe since Bern rejected a draft institutional agreement in May 2021. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)