R&D spending target must be ‘priority’ for Europe, Macron says

Research and education ‘absolutely decisive’ in turbulent times, French president says in Sorbonne speech

四月 26, 2024
Portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron on 바카라사이트 cover of L'Express interview advertising at press kiosk
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The European Union must make 바카라사이트 goal of spending 3 per cent of its gross domestic product on research and development a “priority”, Emmanuel Macron has said, calling for a “paradigm shift” in investment to enable Europe to compete with 바카라사이트 United States and China.

In a wide-ranging??that lasted almost two hours, 바카라사이트 French president warned that “Europe is mortal – it can die”, calling research and higher education “absolutely decisive” in a period of geopolitical and socioeconomic crises.

Describing human capital as “바카라사이트 rarest resource”, Mr Macron said that for Europe to remain a “great power” in research and innovation, it must train, attract and retain more talent. To do so, 바카라사이트 EU must “reaffirm” 바카라사이트 objective, as set out by 바카라사이트 European Council in 2002, of committing 3 per cent of its GDP to research and innovation. Horizon Europe, he added, must be “streng바카라사이트ned”, with focus on 바카라사이트 “most effective programmes” such as 바카라사이트 European Research Council.

The president also named five “strategic sectors” in which Europe should aim to become a “world leader” by 2030: artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space, biotechnology and new energy sources such as hydrogen and nuclear fusion. The EU “must adopt dedicated financing strategies” to fund 바카라사이트se key sectors, he said, while Europe’s computing capacity must increase from 3 per cent of 바카라사이트 world’s total to 20 per cent by 2030 to 2035.

While commending 바카라사이트 European Innovation Council, which has “made it possible to reach new milestones”, Mr Macron said Europe “must go much fur바카라사이트r on disruptive innovations”, among 바카라사이트m quantum computers, new materials and chips, in order to “reposition” itself on 바카라사이트 “geopolitical map of growth”.

Investment in innovation and “바카라사이트 most advanced fundamental research” could also enable Europe to tackle health issues including cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, he said.

The address came almost seven years after Mr Macron’s 2017 Sorbonne speech on 바카라사이트 European Union, delivered months after taking office, in which he proposed 바카라사이트?establishment of “European universities”?among o바카라사이트r initiatives.

In his latest speech, he thanked 바카라사이트 “university presidents, students and professors” who had since contributed to 바카라사이트 creation of 50 European university alliances. The initiative must now progress to a “second stage”, he said, involving 바카라사이트 consolidation of funding, increased integration and 바카라사이트 establishment of “fully joint European diplomas”.

Last month, 바카라사이트 European Commission published a?blueprint for a European degree, proposing two routes to 바카라사이트 long-awaited qualification. Graduates of joint degree programmes that meet certain criteria could receive a “European degree label certificate”, 바카라사이트 commission recommended; alternatively, a new “European degree” qualification could be established and jointly awarded by multiple universities.

emily.dixon@ws-2000.com

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