European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen should use her “unique role” to safeguard vital science collaboration in Europe and worldwide, campaigners pushing for UK and Swiss association to the EU’s research funding program Horizon Europe have urged.
In a letter to the president, Stick to Science signatories – representing over 5,600 researchers and research organisations across the continent – have appealed for the two countries’ association to be unlocked and negotiators to stop using the program as a bargaining chip.
Politicians from EU and the UK are currently at loggerheads over the Northern Ireland protocol, while other political negotiations between Switzerland and the bloc have stalled.
