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The urgent need to rejoin Horizon

Britain and the European Union would gain

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Rishi Sunak claims to want to promote British science and research. The prime minister rightly says the country has great strengths in areas that range from artificial intelligence to life sciences, though it also faces some obstacles. One of these is its post-Brexit absence from Horizon, the European Union’s (and the world’s) biggest collaborative research programme.

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This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Eyes on Horizon”

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