[spectre] Hungarian Academy of Sciences stripped of its research network

[János Sugár]

Despite demonstrations and loud protests, today, leader of the 
Ministry for Innovation and Technology, presented the bill to the 
National Assembly, which would completely reshape the Hungarian 
Academy of Sciences (MTA) by stripping it of its assets and allow 
governmental control over the 200 year old institution.

The Hungarian Government's intention to bring about changes in the 
way Hungarian scientific life is funded first manifested itself last 
June when the 2019 budget proposal intended to place the Ministry of 
Innovation and Technology in charge of around two-thirds of the 
Academy's funding. The scientific community strongly objected to this 
proposal, many said that it would endanger academic freedom in 
Hungary. Following several bouts of negotiations and several 
alternative proposals put forth by the MTA, the mostly one-sided 
dispute that lasted almost a year ended at the beginning of June.
https://index.hu/english/2019/07/02/hungarian_academy_of_sciences_research_network_taken_away_academic_freedom_ministry_of_innovation_and_technology/

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