Non-EU countries receive more funding from European Innovation Fund than 2/3 of EU countries combined

[u/MacronLeNecromancer]

[u/floralvas]

It's because they are part of Horizont Europe as an associate non-EU member state.

Associated Countries are "non-EU countries that pay into the Horizon Europe budget to be treated equally to the EU Member States for the purposes of the programme. [Wikipedia]

[u/lledaso → u/floralvas]

Frustrating seeing these comments. The answer is one simple search away but instead people immediately make dozens of derisive, outraged comments. And simply reading the source would also show that >80% of this money is investments, not grants.

[u/nicethingsahead → u/lledaso]

I mean, that is just the average Reddit behaviour lol. It’s easier to be like “UK bad, Israel bad” than do some research.

[u/Felix-LMFAO → u/nicethingsahead]

No. UK good (European brothers, I'll never support confrontation between European nations), but Israel bad. I stand by what I said and I'm glad my posts get downvoted, clear proof we're run from Israel just as Americans. Israel is there because it gets favoured by being in it. I'd rather swap Israel for Japan. They are both non-European nations after all. And again I know exactly what all this stuff means, Israel pays too blah blah but their unis and projects win too because they are strong so they get money blah blah. Still a travesty.

[u/Lost_Uniriser → u/Felix-LMFAO]

Before we even talk about Japan , I d rather ad Albania/Serbia or even BiH to the project.

[u/nicethingsahead → u/Felix-LMFAO]

Yeah, and Japan is negotiating to be a part of it too, but one thing doesn’t exclude another.

Israel is in there because it gets favoured by being in it.

Yeah, like basically every other country that’s in the list, that’s why they are in there. If it was detrimental for them, they would leave.

[u/Leisure_suit_guy → u/nicethingsahead]

But Israel is bad. Imagine funding Nazi Germany during a genocide. Despicable.

[u/atope44 → u/nicethingsahead]

Israel es malo. Ya ni hace falta ni investigar para verlo.

[u/sjedinjenoStanje → u/lledaso]

This is a populist sub. There are attacks against countries and institutions that European populists (on the left and right) abhor.

[u/floralvas → u/[deleted]]

You were always free to go to look it up yourself.

I used the simplest source because who the fuck was going to read through EU pages if they didn't even bothered to search it themselves?

https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/europe-world/international-cooperation/association-horizon-europe/israel_en

https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/europe-world/international-cooperation/association-horizon-europe_en

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R0695

[u/floralvas → u/[deleted]]

You are free to use those links to find that yourself.

[u/floralvas → u/[deleted]]

So you stand in the fog of your inability to google?