The European Union will offer a “new envelope of 500 million euros” for the period 2025-2027 “in order to make Europe a pole of attraction for researchers,” the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.
“The role of science at present is called into question. Investment in basic, free and open research is questioned. What a huge error of appreciation (…) Science is the key to our future here in Europe, “she said, at the end of the” Choose Europe for Science “conference.
This conference, organized in Paris on the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, aims in particular to attract scientists stationed in the United States, whose research is threatened by the Trump administration policies. Stopping “stable and supported investments” and the “infrastructure” favorable to research in Europe, Ursula von der Leyen has announced measures to overcome its “shortcomings”, in particular “a new super-subsidian lasting a duration of seven years” as well as the doubling until 2027 of the “complement” paid to the research scholarships.
“In the medium and long term: with our Member States, we want to reach the objective of 3% of GDP for investment in research and development by 2030,” she added.
-She also repeated her desire to “inscribe freedom of scientific research in law by means of a new legislative act on the European research area”. In order to facilitate the arrival of researchers, “we want to help public and private institutions to get closer to highly qualified workers and researchers” and “accelerate and simplify the entry of high-level researchers” in the European Union, she said.
“Bringing the best researchers from around the world is bringing out the best in Europe,” she said.
Sami Nemli with agencies / eco inspirations
