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ERC president resigns after just a few months in office.

EU science chief resigns with blast at coronavirus response https://www.ft.com/content/f94725c8-e038-4841-a5f6-2e046ae78e95">https://www.ft.com/content/f... via @financialtimes

EU science chief resigns with blast at coronavirus response

European Research Council’s Mauro Ferrari hits out at lack of co-ordinated action on Covid-19

https://www.ft.com/content/f94725c8-e038-4841-a5f6-2e046ae78e95

Mauro Ferrari& #39;s statement

Another version of the story: he spent too much time in the US for non-ERC, private activities.

HT @christlet https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/sudden-resignation-erc-president-stirs-heated-dispute-over-motives">https://sciencebusiness.net/framework...

Sudden resignation of ERC president stirs heated dispute over motives

Mauro Ferrari resigned unexpectedly as president of the European Research Council, triggering a noisy public spat over why and how he left. Ferrari, an Italian-American expert in nano-medicine, fired...

https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/sudden-resignation-erc-president-stirs-heated-dispute-over-motives

Paper in @lemondefr https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2020/04/08/demission-du-president-du-conseil-europeen-de-la-recherche_6035930_1651302.html">https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/art...

Démission du président du Conseil européen de la recherche

L’Italien Mauro Ferrari reproche de trop nombreux blocages institutionnels et politiques dans la gestion de la crise liée au coronavirus.

https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2020/04/08/demission-du-president-du-conseil-europeen-de-la-recherche_6035930_1651302.html

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