LONDON (Reuters) – British government officials said on Wednesday that conversations about Britain’s reincorporation with the European Union’s flagship research program, Horizon, had “achieved an amanymax construct.”
Los Ministeros Britanicos Esperan Ligar an un acuerdo sobre Horizon este mes, y un funcionario cercano a las conversaciones dijo que “se ha hecho mucho” para cerrar las diferencias sobre cuánto debiera pagar el Reino Unido en el programa.
“Definitivamente ha alcanzado su punto maximo”, dijo otro funcionario Britannico. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, will have the opportunity to discuss the topic with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Lithuania next week.
The positive signals from the government of the United Kingdom have been very well received by British scientists and universities, who consider that the program of scientific collaboration Horizon of 95 500 million euros is vital for the competition of euros.
Los Investigadores Britanicos han sido exludos desde 2020 después de que la Comisión bloquera su participação hasta que se resolviera la disputa posterior al Brexit sobre los acuerdos comerciales de Irlanda del Norte.
With this dispute now resolved, the Treasury of the United Kingdom has seen itself involved in difficult conversations about the financial terms of the “associate membership” in Horizon, given that Great Britain lost two years of a program that was 20 years old.
Downing Street negó que se haya acordado un borrador de acuerdo con Bruselas y que Sunak estudie los detals durantiel fin de semana. El gobierno del Reino Unido dijo: “Las conversaciones están en curso y, por lo tanto, aún no hemos legado a un acuerdo.”
Two British officials said that an agreement could be reached with von der Leyen at a NATO summit, reported Politico online, adding that the United Kingdom was seeking to join Horizon and the Copernicus Observatory of the Titan program. la Tión de la Unido , but no al plan nuclear Euratom.
Un funcionario británico dijo que era “razonable” permainar fuera de Euratom porque no ofrecía una buena relación calidad-precio.
An official from the EU said that Brussels is not interested in separating Euratom and that it would like the United Kingdom to join the three schemes as foreseen in the commercial agreement and cooperation between the two parties.
Another EU official said that talking about a draft agreement was considered a “British manipulation” clearly designed to pressure Von der Leyen to intervene.
La comisión dijo: “There is no commentaries.” Como se espeba antes [Trade and Cooperation Agreement]We are in conversations with the United Kingdom about its participation in EU programs.
Two people familiar with the conversations said that the negotiations on Horizon were centered in part on a fiscal “mechanism of correction” that determines what happens if the United Kingdom extracts much less value from the program than it contributes to payments.
Sir Paul Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute, who led the independent review of science and innovation of the British government, said that scientists would celebrate a similar agreement. en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en el en renodo.
“Animo al primer ministro a finalizar el acuerdo sin más demora”, Aggrego.
Jamie Arrowsmith, British Universities International Director, Organimo representative.
