r/europe • u/MacronLeNecromancer • 2d ago

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

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u/floralvas 2d ago

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]

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u/lledaso 2d ago

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.

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u/nicethingsahead Spain 🇪🇸 2d ago

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

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u/Felix-LMFAO Community of Madrid (Spain) 1d ago edited 1d ago

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.

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u/Lost_Uniriser Languedoc-Roussillon (France) 1d ago

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

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u/nicethingsahead Spain 🇪🇸 1d ago

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.

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u/Leisure_suit_guy Italy 1d ago

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

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u/atope44 15h ago

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

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u/sjedinjenoStanje USA/Croatia 23h ago

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