London CNN — The European Union will spend €500 million ($567 million)
over the next three years “to make Europe a magnet for researchers,” a
top official announced Monday in a veiled response to the Trump administration’s cuts to research funding and changes to science policy.
Speaking alongside Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive
arm, French President Emmanuel Macron was more direct, criticizing
recent actions by “one of the largest democracies in the world,” such as cancellation of hundreds of research grants, and calling them “a mistake.”
The two European leaders spoke at the “Choose Europe for science” event
at the prestigious Sorbonne university in Paris.
“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.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/05/business/europe-france-science-policy-intl
Way to go, EU!
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