Britain is rejoining the European Union’s $100-billion science-sharing program
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, shake hands after a press conference at Windsor Guildhall, Windsor, England, Monday Feb. 27, 2023. Britain is rejoining the European Union’s science-sharing program Horizon Europe. The news announced Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 comes more than two years after Britain's membership became a casualty of Brexit.
“The EU and U.K. are key strategic partners and allies, and today’s agreement proves that point,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who signed off on the deal during a call with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday. “We will continue to be at the forefront of global science and research.”
Sunak said he had struck the “right deal for British taxpayers.” The EU said Britain would pay almost 2.6 billion euros a year on average for Copernicus and Horizon. The U.K. will not have to pay for the period it was frozen out of the science-sharing program, which has a 95.5 billion-euro budget for the 2021-27 period.
Johnson left office amid scandal in mid-2022, and Sunak’s government has quietly worked to improve Britain’s relationship with its European neighbors, though trade friction and deep-rooted mistrust still linger.
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