© 1987Nature PublishingGroup NATURE VOL. 330 24/31 DECEMBER 1987 ND I\ 'S -------- cvv -------- Britain stays in CERN but US budget down wants "extensive savings" !,1.,~~o~r the wire e R }" f · t" t }"ft d THE silly season has arrived for the US e le among SCI en IS S as pressure 1 e budget process. The government officially e UK t d d b · ran out of money at the end of the day on governmen perSUa e Y reVleW Friday, 18 December, but Congress held of CERN to include non-European states. an extraordinary Sunday session imple­ London It is still unclear whether the Abragam menting a one-day extension to cover THE British government seems to have will spending until midnight on Monday, been persuaded of the merits of remaining recommendations produce the sort of 21 a member of the Geneva-based European savings that Britain deems acceptable. December. As Nature goes to press it is The final report of the review commit- anybody's guess whether a final agree­ Organization for Nuclear Research tee differs little from the unpublished ment on the budget can be reached before (CERN). The British delegate told last interim report, presented to member the current extension expires . If Congress week's meeting of CERN council that state governments last June (see Nature fails to adopt an extension or to pass the "the UK wishes to remain a full and active 327, 648; 1987) . Abragam remains total 1988 spending package, the...