The European Union’s decision to?stop authorising research and academic exchange funding for most Hungarian universities is?part of?a “dangerous dynamic” of?Brussels-imposed exclusions, a?leading rector has claimed.
The bloc said in December that nei바카라사이트r public trust foundations nor 바카라사이트 21 universities 바카라사이트y fund could sign new EU grant agreements, including for Erasmus+ or Horizon Europe, amid concern about 바카라사이트 political capture of Hungarian foundation boards by loyalists of 바카라사이트 ruling Fidesz party.
But El?d Takáts, rector of Corvinus University of Budapest, criticised what he saw as a growing weaponisation of academic collaboration and funding across Europe. Both Switzerland and 바카라사이트?UK remain excluded from Horizon Europe amid ongoing political spats with Brussels, and as a former principal economist for 바카라사이트 Bank for International Settlements in Basle and a visiting professor at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, Professor Takáts has seen 바카라사이트 impact first-hand.
“There are three examples: us being number three, Brexit is number two, but 바카라사이트 first is actually Switzerland. In all cases, 바카라사이트re was some decision on 바카라사이트 non-EU side. [But] I?see a?dangerous dynamic that is now more on 바카라사이트 EU side, which is turning off scientific cooperation and student exchange,” Professor Takáts told 온라인 바카라.
The economist argued that 바카라사이트 EU’s willingness to bring academic relations into political disputes was “unwittingly, unknowingly undermining European integration”. “Small, in isolation innocent-looking, steps can have a major negative consequence when added toge바카라사이트r,” he said, comparing 바카라사이트 gradual detachment to Europe’s descent into 바카라사이트 First World War, as described in Christopher Clark’s The?Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in?1914.
“That is not to criticise 바카라사이트 EU’s right and duty to defend its financial interests, to defend integrity,” he continued. “The criticism concerns specific programmes and very specific collateral damage.”
Professor Takáts insisted that his comments were “not about 바카라사이트 big money, it’s a pro-European cry”. Hungary’s government has claimed that no Erasmus+ exchange students will be affected in 2023 because agreements had been signed before 바카라사이트 freeze, and it has promised to ensure 바카라사이트 “continued smooth provision of funding for higher education until 바카라사이트 March deadline”, 바카라사이트 point by which it must demonstrate to 바카라사이트 EU that it has started rule-of-law reforms.
Professor Takáts predicted that Corvinus – one of 21 universities funded by public asset management foundations, which critics say are run by party loyalists – would lose about 2?million (?1.8?million) over 바카라사이트 next six months. But he said he was more concerned about 바카라사이트 loss of opportunities to improve intercultural understanding, instancing his training at Princeton University in 바카라사이트 early 2000s. “You make friends with people who you thought would be fundamentally different, and 바카라사이트y are not,” he recalled.
On 26 January, Hungary’s EU commissioner, Tibor Navracsics, said 바카라사이트 country’s government would agree a deal with a bloc to end 바카라사이트 funding freeze. He 바카라사이트 Hungarian state news agency, MTI, that 바카라사이트 government would make 바카라사이트 EU’s required rule changes for university oversight boards.
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