The European Union and Switzerland have signed a new agreement granting Switzerland full participation in several flagship EU programmes focused on research, innovation and digital technologies. The agreement, signed in Bern by EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, applies retroactively from 1 January 2025, the European Commission announced.
The partnership gives Switzerland full access to Horizon Europe, the EU’s main research and innovation programme, as well as to Digital Europe, designed to boost the deployment of strategic digital technologies, and to Euratom, which supports training and research in the nuclear field.
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