On Thursday evening, the British government announced that it had reached an agreement with the European Commission to rejoin Horizon, the European Union’s main research funding program, and Copernicus, the European Union’s scientific cooperation program. deals with earth observation.
Due to the country’s withdrawal from the European Union, the United Kingdom stopped participating in the programs in January 2020. Since then, lengthy discussions had begun between the British government and the European Commission to allow the UK to continue collaborating on the programs even though it is no longer a member of the union. The European Commission said the deal reached on Thursday would see the UK pay almost €2.6 billion a year for its stake in Horizon – which provides €95.5 billion to fund research and development – and Copernicus pays.
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