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NIH has broken the trust of the American people with wasteful spending, misleading information, risky research, and the promotion of dangerous ideologies that undermine public health,
Trump’s proposal stated
We were quite indignant about what was happening, and we felt that our colleagues in the US were going through a catastrophe. … We wanted to offer some sort of scientific asylum to those whose research is being hindered,
Eric Berton, the president of France’s Aix-Marseille University, told the UK-based Guardian newspaper
I don’t foresee a rapid build-up of additional scientific capability that could match what the US now has … for several decades,
Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey, recently told Reuters
Unfortunately, we see today that the role of science in today’s world is questioned. The investment in fundamental, free and open research is questioned. What a gigantic miscalculation,
von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said in a speech, which didn’t mention the United States
No one could have imagined a few years ago that one of the largest democracies in the world would cancel research programs simply because the word ‘diversity’ was in the program,
Macron said MondayWe must do everything we can to uphold it — now more than ever before,
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No one would have thought that one of the biggest democracies in the world would delete with a stroke the ability of one researcher or another to obtain visas,
Macron said
We can all agree that science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party,
she saidWe refuse a diktat consisting of any government being able to say you cannot research this or that."
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We have to offer the right incentives,
she saidNobody could have imagined that this great global democracy, whose economic model depends so heavily on free science... was going to commit such an error,
he said
We want scientists, researchers, academics, and highly skilled workers to choose Europe,
von der Leyen told the "Choose Europe for Science" conference at Paris's Sorbonne UniversityEurope has everything that is needed for science to thrive. We have the stable and sustained investment. We have the infrastructure. We have the commitment to open and collaborative research,
she addedThe first priority is to ensure that science in Europe remains open and free. That is our calling card,
Ms. von der Leyen said
If you love freedom, come help us to remain free.”
Mr. Macron’s message to scientists — particularly women, he said, was thisScience is an investment – and we need to offer the right incentives. This is why I can announce that we will put forward a new 500 million euros package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers,
she said at a speech in Paris alongside French President Emmanuel Macron
We are choosing to put research and innovation, science and technology, at the heart of our economy. We are choosing to be the continent where universities are pillars of our societies and our way of life,
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Many well-known researchers are already questioning their future in the United States. We would naturally wish to welcome a certain number of them.”
In a letter to French universities in March, Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister for higher education and research, wrote
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The American government is currently using brute force against the universities in the US, so that researchers from America are now contacting Europe. This is a huge opportunity for us.”
Germany’s incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said last monthWe are a space where there is freedom of research and no taboo topics.”
An Élysée official said