| Author (Person) | Simon, Frédéric |
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| Series Title | EurActiv |
| Series Details | 06.08.14 |
| Publication Date | 06/08/2014 |
| Content Type | News |
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The question of whether the new European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would maintain his predecessors' creation of a post of Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) aroused interest amongst Brussels watchers during the summer of 2014. EurActiv suggested in an article on the 6 August 2014 that Mr Juncker might be sympathetic to the idea of keeping the CSA post, which provides evidence-based and non-political scientific advice to the European Commission President. EurActiv interviewed the existing CSA Anne Glover, who argued that keeping science away from politics was essential to the role. However, the CSA's role had drawn criticism from transparency campaigners such as the Corporate Eurooe Observatory, who called on Mr Juncker to scrap the position for reasons of transparency. According to CEO, the role of Chief Scientific Adviser had been 'unaccountable, intransparent and controversial'. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/glover-eu-chief-scientist-should-stay-shadows-307768 |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research, Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
