For a rapid association of Switzerland to Horizon Europe

Swissuniversities asks the Federal Council and the Parliament to stabilise relations with the European Union as soon as possible so that Switzerland can be quickly associated with Horizon Europe. This is important for the academic world, but also for companies and, beyond that, for the maintenance of the quality of life enjoyed by the Swiss population, in terms of prosperity, health, education and security. Switzerland has always contributed to European science, even before the European Union existed. As early as 1954, it took part in the creation of CERN in Geneva. In 1975, it was one of the founding members of the European Space Agency. Since 1987, it has participated as a third country in the European research framework programmes, which it joined as an associated country in 2004 thanks to Bilateral I. Since then, the association has been renegotiated for each generation of programmes. The discussions on Horizon Europe 2021-2027 were suspended pending the conclusion of the framework agreement.