EU offers quota deal to end UK-France standoff over €5bn Scaleup fund

UK and EU officials are in urgent talks over UK access to the EU’s €5bn Scaleup tech investment fund.

France has moved to block UK participation, triggering a UK-France standoff over startup financing.

A quota-based compromise is being discussed as a possible way to let the UK join the fund.

The outcome could open a major EU tech funding pool to UK firms and ease cross-border tensions.