Kann die EU genug tun, um Wissenschaftler für sich zu gewinnen?
Europa ist die Heimat von über zwei Millionen Forschenden – und die EU will noch viele weitere anziehen, insbesondere seit die US-Regierung der Wissenschaft zunehmend Beschränkungen auferlegt.
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00:14Europe is home to more than 2 million researchers
00:17and the bloc wants to attract many more.
00:19The European Commission has seen an opportunity
00:22in the restrictions imposed by the US government
00:25on the scientific community.
00:27The Choose Europe for Science initiative promises more resources
00:30and less bureaucracy for researchers coming from outside the bloc.
00:34In EU Decoded we investigate whether this is enough
00:37to make the EU a world leader in science.
00:40The European Commission has promised a new 500 million euro package
00:44for the period 2025 to 2027.
00:4820 million euro will be earmarked specifically
00:51for research projects with industrial applications.
00:55A new 7-year super grant will provide researchers
00:59with long-term career prospects.
01:01Researchers who relocate to Europe
01:03have a top-up beyond the grant
01:05and that amount will be doubled this year.
01:08In her speech to present the initiative
01:10the President of the European Commission
01:12said that the EU needs to stand for science.
01:15Ursula von der Leyen added that is the fuel for growth and progress.
01:19What do Europeans think of this race for scientific genius?
01:23Viverem para cá é uma concorrência deslegial
01:26para aqueles que já cá estão, não é?
01:29Viver na Europa já é um incentivo para quem quer que seja.
01:32Não sejam sempre os cá e para lá aprender
01:35que também possam vir para cá passar a mensagem, os conhecimentos.
01:40Acho que fazer a pont com a industria é também importante para se financiar essa própria investigação científica.
01:47Claro que sim, porque a ciência é uma questão de aprendizagem
01:49e o que mais vamos ser formados
01:51e o que mais vamos ser formados
01:53e o que mais vamos ser formados
01:55e o que mais é melhor para nós,
01:57para todos nós, para nós, para nós, por nós.
01:58Ich glaube, dass es nicht ein Problem ist, besonders wenn es Leute, die sich wirklich an dieser Stelle kennenlernen und sie sind ungewöhnliche Personen, die Menschen lernen können, dass es nichts gibt.
02:08Mein Kollege Amadeen S. hat diese Anbietung für Euronews.
02:13In ihrem Gespräch über die Initiative Ursula von der Leyen nie erwähnte die Situation in den USA.
02:20However, viele Menschen denken, dass es nicht direktes Anfragen zu Präsident Donald Trump's recenten Measures in diesem Bereich.
02:28Können Sie das Kontext ein bisschen erklären?
02:30Die Präsidentin der EU-Kommission hat gesagt, dass die Rolle der Wissenschaft in der heutigen Welt heute geantwortet ist.
02:36Und sie hat sogar gesagt, dass es eine gigantische Mischung ist.
02:40Also, in den USA, die Trump-Administration hat eine große Offensivung gegen die Universität.
02:49So, some federal budget was cut, some research grants were terminated,
02:54researchers are also banned from using some words such as climate change or women in their papers,
03:01or they face the risk of losing access to funding.
03:04There is not only a financial announcement here,
03:07there is also the mention of a new European Research Area Act.
03:12What's the goal of that legislation?
03:14So, one of the goals of this European Research Area Act is to enshrine the freedom of scientific research in law.
03:23The EU Commission made it clear the main priority of the Choose Europe Initiative is to make sure that science remains free and open.
03:31In fact, in Germany, for instance, academic and research freedom are seen as fundamental rights,
03:38and they are already enshrined in the German constitution.
03:42There is also a lot of emphasis on using science to create new business opportunities.
03:48What will be the novelties in that front?
03:51The novelties in that front will be that the EU Commission is planning to put forward a European Innovation Act,
03:57as well as a start-up and scale-up strategy.
04:00And basically, the aim is to cut red tape and to facilitate access to venture capital for European companies.
04:08And this is not a new idea.
04:10It was already put forward in the Draghi report on EU competitiveness,
04:14which was suggesting to create a research and innovation union in order to foster EU competitiveness.
04:20Let's look at the state of investment in European science.
04:25In the EU budget for 2021 to 2027, distributed among the 27 member states,
04:3193 billion Euro has been allocated to the Horizon Europe research program.
04:36In addition, each country decides its national investment, with significant disparities.
04:42Belgium spends 3.4% of its GDP, while Romania only 0.4%.
04:48In total, the bloc spends 2.2% of its GDP, and the Commission has set a target of 3% by 2030.
04:55But even this figure is well below that of other advanced regions.
04:59The United States with 3.5%, Japan with 3.3%, and China with 2.4%.
05:07Our guest is Ekaterina Zahariev, European Commissioner responsible for start-ups, research and innovation.
05:15Welcome to EURO News.
05:16I'd like to start by asking what is your opinion of the recent United States government measures towards academia
05:24and other scientific institutions, not only in budgetary terms, but also even political guidelines about how to do research.
05:33In Europe, we do differently. We don't tell researchers how and what to research.
05:38We respect scientific freedom. We respect scientists, and everybody is free to research, and they are welcome in Europe.
05:48That's why the European Commission is presenting the Choose Europe initiative.
05:52Do you think it will be enough to attract researchers from all parts of the world, considering that the ones that are already working here face a lot of red tape,
06:04You know, bureaucratic problems, short budgets as well?
06:10We have excellent programs, actually. It's Horizon Europe. It's the brand name program, the biggest, actually, program in the world for research and innovation.
06:19So, we are really very focused on reducing the red tape, reducing the report, so to say, focusing on how to make the program more accessible for the small research organization, for the smaller companies, for SMEs, which will spare time and money for the applicants.
06:40Scientists fear that the next research framework program will be kind of short of money, and at the same time that it might be even diluted into the new competitiveness fund. What is your strategy?
06:55The public funds will be never enough. So, what the Commission is working and is focused on is how to see more investment coming from the private sector in research and innovation.
07:05But what we are lagging behind and what we have problem, and I speak a lot with both the private sector but with academia, it's really to transfer this knowledge, to transfer this discovery to the market.
07:16So, this is the goal of competitiveness fund. As I said, research innovation program, the framework programs are in our treaties. So, there will be a research innovation program, but connection with competitiveness is really crucial, I think, for deployment. So, it will be win-win.
07:33A quarter of the world's researchers work in Europe, making it one of the most productive in terms of new knowledge. The bloc is considered a leader in some areas, such as robotics, space technology and pharmaceuticals, for example.
07:47This is a highly competitive sector worldwide, and the EU member states will have to open up their pockets in order to attract the best to its academia and industry.
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