To approach US -based scientists affected by the suppression of academic space due to its policies Donald Trump they are trying France and Eu.

THE French President, Emmanuel Macron, Together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layenthey are preparing to make announcements on Monday morning at the University of Sorbonne in Paris about the motives they will give to the establishment of researchers in Europe.

The event, featuring European academics and European commissioners, is the last attempt to open Europe’s doors to academics and US -based diversity.

Macron’s office said that this move is coming “at a time when academic freedoms face a series of … threats” and when Europe is “an attractive continent”.

Elysia official said: “We are a place where there is freedom in research and there are no taboo issues.” The official said the event aimed to “confirm France and Europe as stable spaces that can guarantee freedoms and academic research”.

Monday’s event, entitled “Choose Europe for Science”, comes after a letter of 13 European countries, including France, Germany and Spain, to the European Commission, urging it to move quickly to attract academic talents.

France began its own initiative “Choose France for Science” in April, with a special platform for applications for hosting international researchers.

The French Ministry of Research told AFP: “Some foreign researchers have already arrived in France to familiarize themselves with the infrastructure, waiting for the creation of capital and platform.”

In recent days, France’s leading scientific research center, CNRS, launched a new initiative to attract foreign workers whose research is threatened, as well as French researchers working abroad, some of whom “do not want to live and raise their children in the United States”.

In France, Aix-Marseille University started the “Safe Space for Science” in March and is expected to welcome the first foreign researchers in June.

In a letter to the French universities in March, Philip Batist, France’s higher education and research minister, wrote: “Many well -known researchers are already questioning their future in the United States. We would of course like to welcome a certain number of them. “

However, the challenges remain because investment in US research-including private-public partnerships-have been larger than in Europe for many years. For decades, Europe has been lagging behind the US in investment in universities and research centers.

French researchers have regularly raised the issue of comparatively low wages and precarious contracts for many researchers in France. On average, an academic researcher in the US is paid more than his counterpart in France. The unions in France have requested better contracts, better wage provisions and better funding in all areas in research institutions.