A number of EU Politicians have butted in on what a future relationship with the UK should look like post-Brexit. The view is that the UK and its strong research institutions should continue to fully collaborate in EU research framework programmes but that their participation should be a full one, stating that ‘they should be part of all or none’ [of Horizon Europe] reports Science Business. Both the UK and other EU Member States have stressed that continued cooperation in research and innovation is a priority once the UK leaves the EU, a position that EuChemS has also underlined in its statements on Horizon Europe.

The full extent of collaboration on Horizon Europe will not be clear until the UK’s departure and subsequent negotiations on both the final research framework programme and the new relationship between the EU and the UK.