France, EU leaders take aim at Trump in bid to lure US scientists

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen took aim at Donald Trump's policies on science on Monday, as the EU seeks to encourage disgruntled US researchers to relocate to Europe, Report informs via AFP.

Von der Leyen told the gathering at Paris's Sorbonne university that the European Union will launch a new incentives package worth 500 million euros to make the bloc "a magnet for researchers".

French President Macron said the country would commit another 100 million euros from the France 2030 program to woo researchers and make Europe a “safe haven” for science, according to Politico.

“There can be no lasting democracy without free and open science,” Macron said.