Science as Europe’s Fifth Fundamental Freedom: Joint Statement by the Leopoldina, the ERC and Four European Academies (Leopoldina 02.07.26)
"Today, together with the European Research Council (ERC) and the national academies of the Netherlands, Slovakia, Finland and Cyprus, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina published key proposals to inform the development of a new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, FP10, for the period 2028 to 2034. The joint paper 'Brussels Messages: Europe can only deliver on its ambitions with research and innovation' (https://tinyurl.com/KeyProposalsNatAcadEU-2026) proposes, among other things, establishing the free movement of knowledge as a fifth European freedom, alongside the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital." Leopoldina news, 02 July 2026.
Release date: 09.07.2026
Update: 09.07.2026
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