Macron criticized Trump for pressure on science in the United States and invited scientists to move to Europe.
No one could think that the largest democracy in the world, whose economic model depends so much on science, innovation and abilities … to spread these innovations faster than its European colleagues would make such a mistake.
Emmanuel Macron announced this in his speech in the “Choose Europe for Science” event in the Sorbonne, reports Elisha Palace.
Thus, the EU countries and European universities react to the policy of the Trump presidential administration to reduce the university financing.
According to Macron, Europe can offer scientists “freedom of speech” and “innovation”. He also criticized the United States for reducing the programs for financing and closing universities.
The French President noted that the country and the European Union are preparing to distribute additional resources for research and are interested in the arrival of young scientists to European countries for training and work. According to him, the prestige of European universities should be increased.
As part of the programs that we create, we need to ensure financing and cooperation to restore and protect research bases, platforms for cooperation. All in order to allow our researchers and our laboratories to continue their work. I hope that in the coming months we will be able to fulfill important initiatives to preserve these research bases and financing their financing at the European level, ”Macron emphasized.
He also said that France is primarily interested in climate change, artificial intelligence and change in space. The European Union, in turn, will continue to support the scale of Europe and Deep Tech, which support scientific and information and technological startups.
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der, the holding during the “Choose Europe for Science” event, said that the EU allocates funds to stimulate research at European universities. This is 500 million euros for 2025–2027.
On April 15, the US Department of Education announced freezing state funding in the amount of 2.2 billion dollars for Harvard University after the school rejected the requirements of the White House.
Source: Racurs
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