The European University Association (EUA) and swissuniversities have issued a joint statement welcoming the Swiss Federal Council and the European Commission’s respective adoption of final mandates for negotiations between Switzerland and the EU.
Both associations state that research is best equipped to preserve and advance Europe’s prosperity, security and core values when it has reliable structures for collaborating with like-minded partners in Research & Innovation. This is especially true with partners that have an excellent research and education landscape and share the same core values in academic freedom, research ethics and democracy. With the current geopolitical climate and growing concerns around knowledge security, the paper states, it is more important than ever to focus on what we have in common instead of what divides us.