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The president of the European Research Council, nanoscientist Mauro Ferrari, has resigned from his post after becoming frustrated that his proposals for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic were rejected, according to a statement released today (April 8) by the Financial Times.
“I have been extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19,” Ferrari writes in the statement, “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.”
Ferrari submitted his resignation, which was effective immediately, on Tuesday (April 7), reports the Associated Press.
“The commission regrets the resignation of Professor Ferrari at this early stage in his mandate . . . and at these times of unprecedented crisis in which the role of EU research is key,” European Commission spokesman ...
