Post-Brexit return to £85bn scheme discussed this week, say sources, and is set to be announced on Thursday

Britain’s membership of Horizon, which funds research projects tackling crucial issues from the climate crisis to terminal diseases and improving food and energy security, was agreed as part of the post-Brexit trade deal in 2020. But it was never ratified in a tit-for-tat row between the EU and the UK over Northern Ireland Brexit arrangements.

  • @0x815@feddit.deOPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Maybe it’s the first step on their way back. (I know, I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one 😌)

    • @ECB@feddit.deEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I actually think the opposite. Moves like this are part of a slow transition towards one of the awkward “basically a non-voting member but the population takes pride in not being a member” situations like we see with Norway or Switzerland

      • Chaotic EntropyEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        We hated having a significant veto power to laws/projects we didn’t like. Now we’ll just adopt them for convenience with no seat at the table. :)