French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced major funding packages at a conference in Paris on Monday, as Europe seeks to attract US researchers ready to relocate because of President Donald Trump's policies and funding cuts.
Paris's Sorbonne university hosted the conference, called "Choose Europe for Science", bringing together EU commissioners, scientists and ministers for research from member countries to discuss, among other things, financial incentives at the gathering to lure disgruntled American scientists across the Atlantic.
