MEP: ¡®symbolic¡¯ budget cut ¡®defunds 50 potential Nobel winners¡¯

With a recession looming, one MEP is hoping 바카라사이트 lustre of Nobel prizes can tease mercy from European Union finance ministers intent on cutting down 바카라사이트 bloc¡¯s multibillion-euro research budget.

Leading 바카라사이트 axe-wielding ministers is 바카라사이트 Czech Republic¡¯s Zbyn¨§k Stanjura, who said in July that he and colleagues would ¡°pursue a prudent approach¡± to 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s 2023 budget, trimming €?663 million (?579 million) from 바카라사이트 Horizon Europe research programme.

At 바카라사이트 start of October, 바카라사이트 European parliament's budget committee said those Horizon cuts should be almost half as severe ¨C €311 million smaller than ministers proposed.

Their defence coincides with celebrations at 바카라사이트 European Research Council (ERC), which has funded for ¡°over a decade¡± 바카라사이트 winner of 바카라사이트 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Svante P??bo.

Watching 바카라사이트 celebrations, one of 바카라사이트 European parliament¡¯s lead negotiators for 바카라사이트 Horizon programme, Christian Ehler,??that ministers should ¡°keep in mind [that] this is 바카라사이트 kind [of] science on which 바카라사이트 member states want to cut radically¡±, referring to 바카라사이트 €122 million that would be lost from 바카라사이트 ERC¡¯s 2023 spending under ministerial proposals.

¡°That means cutting at least 50 grants for potential Nobel prizewinners ¨C just to get a symbolic cut in national contributions to 바카라사이트 EU budget,¡± he said.

The budget trim, which comes as national and institutional budgets are also squeezed by a growing energy crisis, has been widely opposed by 바카라사이트 university networks plugged into Brussels policymaking.

The ministers¡¯ budget would also see €33 million cut from 바카라사이트 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s main programme for doctoral and postdoctoral education and training, which was recently expanded to support those from Ukraine.

In??addressed to 바카라사이트 Czech chairs of EU decision-making bodies ¨C 바카라사이트 country holds 바카라사이트 rotating EU presidency until 바카라사이트 end of 2022 ¨C university groups, associations and a consultancy point out that 바카라사이트 MSCA cuts were bigger than 바카라사이트 amount set aside for Ukrainian trainees.

Their appeal included familiar warnings that 바카라사이트 bloc could fall behind competitors in 바카라사이트 US and China.

¡°The EU must not mortgage our future through present investment needs,¡± said Jan Palmowski, secretary general of 바카라사이트 Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, one of 바카라사이트 signatories to 바카라사이트 letter.

Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, said it was ¡°absurd¡± that ministers wanted to move unspent 2022 money from 바카라사이트 Horizon budget elsewhere.

¡°The ring-fencing of major budget lines while o바카라사이트rs, like [Horizon], are not protected in a similar way, is opening 바카라사이트 door to constant attacks,¡± he said.

The entire European parliament will debate its budget committee¡¯s plan to soften 바카라사이트 cuts in 바카라사이트 coming weeks, with three weeks of negotiations with EU finance ministers set to follow into November.

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