Marja Makarow in the Guardian: Switzerland was sent into scientific exile, no deal could mean the same for Britain

“Switzerland has been touted as a model for the UK, post-Brexit. It is an independent state that determines its own laws, controls its own borders, and through its status as an associated country has access to many key elements of EU membership – including the institution’s leading science and research programmes.

But Switzerland’s recent experiences should sound a warning about the importance of cross-border ties, and about how future collaborations between the UK and the EU could be jeopardised if a no-deal Brexit materialises this autumn,” says Marja Makarow.

Read the whole article in the Guardian.