R&D spending target must be ¡®priority¡¯ for Europe, Macron says

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?Sorbonne University?that lasted almost two hours, 바카라사이트 French president warned that ¡°Europe is mortal ¨C 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.

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