This followed Switzerland’s decision in 2021 to pull the plug on a draft treaty binding it more tightly to the European bloc.
Officials from Brussels and Bern met at an annual meeting of the Swiss-EU Committee for Research and Innovation on Friday. “Switzerland emphasised from the start its willingness to immediately start negotiations for its association to the 2021–2027 Horizon package,” said a government statement after the meeting.
“Switzerland was the most active associated country in terms of project participation and coordination over the entire duration of the [2014-2020] programme.”
Swiss universities have warned of “serious consequences” if the country continues to be excluded from the top table of EU research.
For its part, the EU has called on Switzerland to produce concrete steps for resuming collapsed talks on future cooperation.
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