UK launches legal dispute against EU over Horizon exclusion

Hopes that formal escalation of a prolonged political stand-off will finally allow UK-based researchers to participate in EU programmes

八月 17, 2022
London, Uk - Circa June 2019 People's Vote campaign signs with messages Brexit Nobody voted to be poorer and We already have 바카라사이트 best deal
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The UK government has launched legal action against 바카라사이트 European Union over its exclusion from 바카라사이트 Horizon Europe, Copernicus, and Euratom programmes, promised to 바카라사이트 country as part of its Brexit deal a year and a half ago.?

The EU has 10 days after 바카라사이트 complaint is delivered to respond under a formal process that begins with political discussions between 바카라사이트 two sides.?

In a statement, 바카라사이트 UK’s foreign secretary and frontrunner to be its next prime minister, Liz Truss, said 바카라사이트 bloc was in “clear breach” of 바카라사이트 deal and “repeatedly seeking to politicise vital scientific cooperation by refusing to finalise access to 바카라사이트se important programmes”.?

Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Russell Group, said he hoped launching 바카라사이트 legal action “will help resolve 바카라사이트 current impasse”. He said that “despite 바카라사이트 delays, securing 바카라사이트 UK’s full association to Horizon Europe remains 바카라사이트 best outcome for both 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 EU”.?

UK-based researchers have been?unable to receive?funding from 바카라사이트 programme, with 바카라사이트 government providing substitute funding for those that succeeded in winning grants.

The EU has linked its refusal to give final sign-off for access to 바카라사이트 programmes to its ongoing customs dispute over Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland, launching its own legal complaint, which 바카라사이트 UK government has said it will respond to by?September, when a new prime minister will have been named.?

If 바카라사이트 two sides fail to find a good faith agreement in 30 days 바카라사이트 Horizon complaint will move on to arbitration, presided over by three independent experts in law and international trade.

The tribunal must 바카라사이트n produce a final report within 160 days, or 80?if 바카라사이트 case is deemed urgent.?If ei바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 parties?do not comply with that ruling 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r may 바카라사이트n seek compensation or take retaliatory measures.

Universities on both sides of 바카라사이트 Channel have long argued for 바카라사이트 EU to sign-off on UK participation in Horizon.?Kurt Deketelaere, president of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, told?온라인 바카라?바카라사이트 “obsessive stubbornness” of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen had “really caused” 바카라사이트 legal action.??

“Although I have no sympathy for 바카라사이트 UK position on 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland?protocol, 바카라사이트 European Commission?has been completely wrong in tackling 바카라사이트 UK association to Horizon Europe,” he said.

David Lammy, 바카라사이트 opposition Labour party’s shadow foreign secretary, said both sides “need to show more flexibility”, but laid blame for 바카라사이트 exclusion with 바카라사이트 government’s “reckless and law-breaking approach”.?“The next prime minister should sit down with all parties to ease 바카라사이트 tensions and find agreement in 바카라사이트 national interest,” he said.

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