UK institutions left ‘high and dry’ by Horizon Europe delays

MPs tell government to lay out steps for formalising participation in EU programmes, including Horizon

Delays in formalising the UK’s participation in the European Union’s R&D programme Horizon Europe have left British institutions “high and dry”, according to a group of MPs.

Political disputes between the EU and the UK over Northern Ireland have contributed to delays to the UK becoming associated to the €95.5 billion (£80.5bn) programme, with three other programmes also affected, namely the Euratom nuclear research, the Fusion for Energy, and the Copernicus satellite earth observation.