00:00Europe is home to more than two million researchers and the bloc wants to attract many more.
00:19The European Commission has seen an opportunity in the restrictions imposed by the U.S. government
00:24on the scientific community.
00:26The Choose Europe for Science initiative promises more resources and less bureaucracy for researchers coming from outside the bloc.
00:34In EU Decoded, we investigate whether this is enough to make the EU a world leader in science.
00:40The European Commission has promised a new 500 million euro package for the period 2025 to 2027.
00:4820 million euro will be earmarked specifically for research projects with industrial applications.
00:54A new 7-year super grant will provide researchers with long-term career prospects.
01:00Researchers who relocate to Europe have a top-up beyond the grant and that amount will be doubled this year.
01:07In her speech to present the initiative, the President of the European Commission said that the EU needs to stand for science.
01:14Ursula von der Leyen added that it is the fuel for growth and progress.
01:19What do Europeans think of this race for scientific genius?
01:23Virem para cá é uma concorrência deslegial para aqueles que já cá estão, não é?
01:28Portanto, viver na Europa já é um incentivo para quem quer que seja.
01:32Não sejam sempre os cá e para lá aprender, que 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.
01:46Claro que sim, porque a nauagem é a base.
01:49Emos mais que sermos desenvolvidos e mais que sermos desenvolvidos,
01:53mais que sermos desenvolvidos, mais que sermos melhor para nós todos.
01:57Eu acho que isso não é um objetivo.
01:58Especialmente, se são pessoas que realmente se conhecem sobre isso e são muito mais importantes,
02:04que são pessoas que podem aprender de pessoas que podem aprender de pessoas que podem aprender de pessoas que podem aprender de pessoas que não têm nada.
02:08Minha colega Amandine S. covered this announcement for Euronews.
02:12Em sua speech sobre a iniciativa, Ursula von der Leyen nunca mencionou a situação nos Estados Unidos.
02:19Porém, muitas pessoas pensaram que eram indiretas referências para Presidente Donald Trump's recentes medidas nesta área.
02:27Podemos explicar um pouco sobre esse contexto?
02:30O presidente da Comissão da Comissão da União Europeia disse que o papel da ciência em hoje está sendo questionado.
02:36E ela even disse que era uma grande miscalculação gigantesca.
02:40Então, vamos lembrar que nos Estados Unidos,
02:43a Trump administration lançou uma grande ofensão contra universidades.
02:48Então, algum budget federal foi cut.
02:51Algumas pesquisas foram terminais.
02:54Especiales também foram abandos de usar algumas palavras como climate change, ou women,
02:59em seus papers, ou eles enfrentam o risco de perder acesso à funding.
03:03Não há apenas uma anúnção financeira,
03:06há também a menção do novo Europeia Research Area Act.
03:11O que é o objetivo da essa legislação?
03:13Um dos objetivos do Europeia Research Area Act
03:17é para ensinar a liberdade de pesquisas de pesquisas em lei.
03:21A Comissão da Comissão da União Europeia
03:24a principal prioridade da Choose Europe Initiative
03:27é para garantir que a ciência permanece livre e open.
03:31Na verdade, na Alemanha, por exemplo,
03:33a liberdade de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas.
03:37E eles já estão ensinados na Constituição da Alemanha.
03:41Tem muita ênfase em uso de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas de pesquisas.
03:47O que são os novos novos novos novos?
03:50A outro princípio é que a Comissão
03:51o Comissão está planejando
04:08And this is not a new idea, it 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.
04:24In the EU budget for 2021 to 2027, distributed among the 27 member states,
04:3093 billion Euro has been allocated to the Horizon Europe research program.
04:35In addition, each country decides its national investment, with significant disparities.
04:41Belgium spends 3.4% of its GDP, while Romania only 0.4%.
04:47In 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 startups, research and innovation.
05:14Welcome to Euronews.
05:15I would like to start by asking what is your opinion of the recent United States government measures towards academia and other scientific institutions,
05:26not only in budgetary terms, but also even political guidelines about how to do research.
05:32In Europe we do differently. We don't tell researchers how and what to research.
05:37We respect scientific freedom, we respect scientists, and everybody is free to research, and they are welcome in Europe.
05:47That'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,
05:57considering that the ones that are already working here face, you know, a lot of red tape, you know,
06:04bureaucratic problems, short budgets as well?
06:09We have an excellent programme actually. It's Horizon Europe, it's the brand name programme,
06:14the biggest actually programme in the world for research and innovation.
06:18So we are really very focused on reducing the red tape, reducing the report,
06:24so to say focusing on how to make the programme more accessible for the small research organisation,
06:31for the smaller companies, for SMEs, which will spare time and money for the applicants.
06:39Scientists fear that the next research framework programme will be kind of short of money,
06:46and at the same time that it might be even diluted into the new competitiveness fund.
06:52What is your strategy?
06:54The public funds will be never enough.
06:56So what the Commission is working and is focused on is how to see more investment
07:02coming from the private sector in research and innovation.
07:04But what we are lagging behind and what we have problem,
07:07and I speak a lot with both the private sector but with academia,
07:11is really to transfer this knowledge, to transfer this discovery to the market.
07:16So this is the goal of competitiveness fund.
07:18As I said, research innovation programme, the framework programmes are in our treaties.
07:23So there will be a research and innovation programme.
07:26But connection with competitiveness is really crucial, I think, for deployment.
07:30So it will be win-win.
07:32A quarter of the world's researchers work in Europe,
07:35making it one of the most productive in terms of new knowledge.
07:38The bloc is considered a leader in some areas,
07:41such as robotics, space technology and pharmaceuticals, for example.
07:46This is a highly competitive sector worldwide,
07:49and the EU member states will have to open up their pockets
07:52in order to attract the best to its academia and industry.
Comments