Bern and Brussels converge on EU research program

Switzerland and the European Union have apparently come closer in their negotiations on future relations. This was announced by Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and EU Vice-President Maros Sefcovic early on Thursday morning following a telephone conversation. Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. The negotiating parties said they had made progress on the EU's Horizon research program in particular. Apparently, Swiss researchers will be able to participate in the program next year. However, the details were not initially clear. Sefcovic wrote on X (formerly Twitter) about a productive discussion with Cassis. He said he was pleased that significant progress had been made on institutional issues and state aid, as well as on a transitional agreement for Switzerland's participation in Horizon in 2025. + Horizon is partially open to researchers in Switzerland again At the same time, the Vice-President of the EU Commission also stressed that it was important to ...