15-05-2025
Brussels wants faster visa paths to lure US researchers
BRUSSELS — The European Commission wants European countries to speed up visa procedures to attract U.S. researchers.
The bloc's research ministers are set to meet May 23 to discuss their plans to attract U.S.-based researchers who want to flee the country because of the Trump administration's budget cuts in science and research.
Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva told POLITICO's AI & Tech Summit that the Commission plans to make some proposals to improve coordination among EU member countries.
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'For example, visas, how fast we issue visas,' she said. 'We want to motivate the member states to use the tools that we have faster, because the speed also matters.'
