But this does not seem to really be a special deal. Participation in Horizon on an associate level is available to any country that meets a set of criteria that largely boils down to pretty much any reasonably developed market economy, with a long list of non-EEA European or neighbouring countries automatically allowed under other criteria.
See Article 16 in [1].
For Horizon, it'd have been a major diplomatic "fuck you" if the UK was refused given the wording of Article 16.
See Article 16 in [1].
For Horizon, it'd have been a major diplomatic "fuck you" if the UK was refused given the wording of Article 16.
[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/695/oj Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe