{"id":143168,"date":"2020-04-08T05:40:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T05:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/eu-science-chief-resigns-slamming-blocs-coronavirus-response\/"},"modified":"2020-04-08T05:40:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T05:40:23","slug":"eu-science-chief-resigns-slamming-blocs-coronavirus-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/eu-science-chief-resigns-slamming-blocs-coronavirus-response\/","title":{"rendered":"EU science chief resigns, slamming blocs coronavirus response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the EUs top science funding agency stepped down Tuesday, issuing a damning indictment of the blocs response to the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Mauro Ferrari, an Italian-American scientist who has led the European Research Council since January, said he had resigned following a dispute over the EUs approach to the crisis \u2014 stating he has \u201clost faith in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ferrari-statement.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 1,000-word statement<\/a> published by the Financial Times, Ferrari described a breakdown in relations between himself and the EU agency he was appointed last May to oversee, citing an \u201cinternal political thunderstorm\u201d involving the highest levels of the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19,\u201d said Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>As well as a failure to fund scientists to tackle the crisis, Ferrari cited a \u201ccomplete absence of coordination of health care policies among member states, the recurrent opposition to cohesive financial support initiatives, the pervasive one-sided border closures, and the marginal scale of synergistic scientific initiatives\u201d by the EU.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the European Commission confirmed the resignation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Ferrari said his proposal that the council \u201cestablish a special program directed at combating Covid-19\u201d was \u201crejected unanimously by the governing body of the ERC.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With an annual budget of just over \u20ac2 billion in 2019, the European Research Council distributes money from the EU budget to star scientists to pursue their research.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari claimed this dedication to supporting scientists own ideas \u2014 with no instructions on what the money should be spent on, or evaluation of the potential impact \u2014 was detrimental in allowing the agency to help the coronavirus response.<\/p>\n<p>He said his proposal that the council \u201cestablish a special program directed at combating Covid-19\u201d was \u201crejected unanimously by the governing body of the ERC.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought that at a time like this, the very best scientists in the world should be provided with resources and opportunities to fight the pandemic, with new drugs, new vaccines, new diagnostic tools, new behavioral dynamic approaches based on science, to replace the oft-improvised intuitions of political leaders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/news\/coronavirus-eu-mobilises-eur10-million-for-research-2020-jan-31_en&amp;pk_campaqign=rtd_news\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u20ac10 million emergency research fund<\/a> for coronavirus, and also <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.politico.eu\/news\/eu-pharma-partnership-calls-for-projects-to-treat-and-diagnose-coronavirus\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">directed \u20ac45 million<\/a> from its industry drugs partnership, the Innovative Medicines Initiative, to develop treatments and diagnostics.<\/p>\n<p>Ferraris criticisms were disputed by German MEP Christian Ehler, the European Peoples Party coordinator for the Parliaments industry and research committee, who has also led negotiations over the next EU research program, Horizon Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Ehler said in an emailed statement that Ferraris proposal to deviate from the councils usual approach \u201cwas seen more as a window-dressing public relations stand on the coronavirus crisis and it was a contradiction to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-science-chief-resigns-slamming-blocs-coronavirus-response\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc] [contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the EUs top science funding agency stepped 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