UK–EU deal paves way for Horizon Europe association

The Windsor Framework agreed between the UK and the EU on Monday could pave the way for full UK participation in European research programmes.

UK involvement in programmes like Horizon Europe, Euratom and Copernicus has been on hold for the last two years due to an unrelated dispute over trade in and out of Northern Ireland. But the Windsor Framework agreed yesterday between UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen appears to resolve the trade dispute and clears the way for an agreement over UK association to EU research programmes.