Switzerland

Meetings postponed for discussion of Commission proposal, with resistance growing in member states

As row over control of strategic research rages on, science and business figures warn shutting out EU neighbours will hurt everyone. ‘We all need to take a step back here,’ one said

As debate rages over European control of sensitive technologies, Germany’s parliamentary state secretary Thomas Rachel says three EU neighbours are ‘important partners'

Evolving plan for Horizon Europe is caught up in fierce debate over whether EU should block its closest neighbours from strategic technology research

Association agreements will have broad provisions that are the same for all countries, but the process of concluding them is slow because each agreement needs to reflect differing political and economic relationships

EU spokesman says EU has been ‘waiting over a year’ for Switzerland to back accord. 

Swiss MPs back spending for ‘the champion’s league’ of EU science and innovation