Research bodies voice opposition to exclusion of UK from space projects and super computer research
The European Commission has dropped plans for a blanket ban on UK involvement in EU research on space projects and super computers after a backlash from member states and leading scientists.
Thierry Breton, the former French finance minister who is now the EU internal market commissioner, had claimed the EU needed to keep control of intellectual property and that the UK’s involvement was an unacceptable security risk.
