UK can rejoin Horizon without paying for last two years, says EU


The UK has been told it won’t have to pay for the two years it had been out of the EU’s Horizon research programme — removing a big barrier to rejoining the €95.5bn scheme. Britain had been locked out of Horizon because of a post-Brexit dispute over trade in Northern Ireland. The recent Windsor Framework deal had opened the door to reentry, but talks have stalled over the financial terms. The British government argues that its contributions to the seven-year innovation scheme should be cut, because its late entry has reduced the potential returns. A key concern involved the payments…

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