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And 2 seconds of googling: "The UK will remain part of Iter" https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3551 https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3551
by DrBazza 5y ago
And 2 seconds of googling:
"The UK will remain part of Iter"
https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3551 https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/3551
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoYour googling would also show that the article dates from more than a year ago. A lot changed. Basically, fundamental disagreements with Europe over predicate treaties mean that the thing we committed to do (remain part of ITER) is under threat, because other things we committed to do (uphold transition agreements regarding Northern Ireland) are in default. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/08/uk-and-european-scientists-urge-eu-to-allow-uk-access-to-10bn-fund-brexit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/08/uk-and-euro... In this case, the EU is saying, sorry, you possibly can't stay a member of our science club because you promised you'd do certain things that underpin an internationally agreed peace process and you are undoing them. It's a completely legitimate political bargaining point that would not be an issue at all without Brexit. The intent to remain members of ITER and Horizon 2020 is genuinely at risk. All of this underpins my point: everything is more complex because of Brexit -- even staying in things we've said we really really want to stay in.
- DrBazza 5y ago> Your googling would also show that the article dates from more than a year ago. > A lot changed. What changed? The UK participate in ITER still, via F4E. ITER is not just the EU, it's funded by China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Frankly, I don't see what Brexit has to do with HN. There are better places to "discuss" Brexit, and politics, than on HackerNews.