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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 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'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

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

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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