The UK government has launched legal action against the European Union over its exclusion from the Horizon Europe, Copernicus, and Euratom programmes, promised to the country as part of its Brexit deal a year and a half ago.
The EU has 10 days after the complaint is delivered to respond under a formal process that begins with political discussions between the two sides.
In a statement, the UK’s foreign secretary and frontrunner to be its next prime minister, Liz Truss, said the bloc was in “clear breach” of the deal and “repeatedly seeking to politicise vital scientific cooperation by refusing to finalise access to these important programmes”.
