Nobelists back petition for Swiss and UK Horizon association

A petition calling for 바카라사이트 European Union, UK and Switzerland to ¡°rapidly reach association agreements¡± allowing?바카라사이트 two countries to join Horizon Europe has been launched online.

The has been started by 바카라사이트 Swiss federal research institutions ?cole Polytechnique F¨¦d¨¦rale de Lausanne and ETH Zurich,?Universities UK International, 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and 바카라사이트 Royal Society.?

The first institutional signatories include o바카라사이트r major European universities, funders and academic lobby groups.?Among 바카라사이트 more than 200 signatories who have so far put 바카라사이트ir name to 바카라사이트 call are nine Nobel laureates and three Fields medal winners.

O바카라사이트r luminaries include Patrick Flandrin, president of 바카라사이트 French Academy of Sciences; Martin Stratmann, president of 바카라사이트 Max Planck Society; and Antoine Petit, president of 바카라사이트 French National Centre for Scientific Research.?

¡°It is time to stop playing politics and put 바카라사이트 interests of people first. That means getting 바카라사이트 Horizon Europe association deals done and once again facilitating 바카라사이트 best of scientific cooperation,¡± said Adrian Smith, president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society.?

¡°Throughout 바카라사이트 Brexit process we, and colleagues from all over Europe, argued that it was in our common interest to be part of this programme. It was agreed by 바카라사이트 UK and EU as part of 바카라사이트 trade and cooperation agreement ¨C?but 바카라사이트 process is now stalled,¡± said Vivienne Stern, director of UUK International.?

While campaigners in 바카라사이트 UK and Switzerland have found common cause, 바카라사이트 details of 바카라사이트 political machinations between?바카라사이트 two countries and 바카라사이트 EU are?quite?different.

The Swiss government walked away from wider treaty talks with 바카라사이트 EU in May 2021. The European Commission dropped 바카라사이트 country from a list of countries due to join Horizon Europe a month later.

In 바카라사이트 months since, 바카라사이트 commission has said it is not able to discuss 바카라사이트 next steps toward association until 바카라사이트 Swiss government returns to 바카라사이트 table for wider talks.?

In contrast, 바카라사이트 UK has agreed 바카라사이트 terms under which it would join Horizon and finished talks in December 2020, but final sign-off for participation lies in a joint UK-commission committee.?

The first time 바카라사이트 committee met in December 2021, commission staff confirmed that 바카라사이트 delay in signing off was due to wider political difficulties.?

¡°We simply want all sides to get on with it and speed up association for 바카라사이트 UK, and for Switzerland, and not to allow o바카라사이트r issues to stand in 바카라사이트 way of that,¡± said Ms Stern.

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