Professor Mauro Ferrari (great name) has resigned as the president of the European Research Council. He was not impressed that the EU couldn't mount a coordinated response to the virus across the whole block.
"I arrived at the ERC a fervent supporter of the EU [but] the Covid-19 crisis completely changed my views, though the ideals of international collaboration I continue to support with enthusiasm."
That's sad.
I wonder whether there will be any long-term fallout within the EU will be from C-19. There seem to be quite a few dissenting voices at the moment but a lot of that could just be frustration at the very difficult circumstances everyone is facing.
Edit, more of the statement has been released:
"I have been extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19, for what pertains to the complete 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.
I am afraid that I have seen enough of both the governance of science, and the political operations at the European Union.
In these three long months, I have indeed met many excellent and committed individuals, at different levels of the organisation of the ERC and the EC.
However, I have lost faith in the system itself. And now the times require decisive, focused, and committed actions — a call to responsibility for all those that have an aspiration to make a difference against this devastating tragedy."
He's not held back there.
SB [Post edited 7 Apr 2020 23:00]
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