Europe has a ‘real opportunity’ to take in Americans fleeing Trump. Is it ready for a ‘brain drain’?
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/04/06/europe-has-a-real-opportunity-to-take-in-americans-fleeing-trump-is-it-ready-for-a-brain-d
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Bring on the American brain drain!
Let them there
That’s if there’s any brains left to drain over there looking at the state of things
My brain drains every time I see this posted
Europe should first understand why brains migrate for many years in US instead of remaining here. And act on it. Even if some of the brains migrate here now, they will migrate again when a better opportunity arise. EU will only be a temporary solution.
Wait till these people see that germany almost taxes 50% of their salary lol. There is a reason why high skilled germans move to the US and even with Trump as the president its still more attractive to move there.
People should remember that for both the US and Soviet nuclear, rocketry, and space programs, European (mainly German) scientists were critical to their progress.
People shouldn’t dismiss the power that can be gained from taking advantage of a US brain drain, America is home to some of the most brilliant minds the world has ever seen and it is arrogant and ignorant to try and deny it. I’d rather we have those people than any other world power.
I’d love to see it happen – but fact is that most of Europe is currently in a recession so it’s not exactly appealing for a lot of people to come here. Salaries are far lower in most fields, taxes are much higher in most countries, and operating in only English can be very difficult in many countries too. Americans aren’t usually interested in learning the local language, I have met probably at least 100 Americans since moving here from Australia and only 2-3 of them speak Finnish and it’s because they had Finnish parents to begin with. The rest just get by in English, and they complain the whole time about it.
I could see the UK picking up a lot of Americans though, that’s for sure.
I hope they can build houses. Preferably not the north american crap. Proper wooden houses like in Scandinavia training would be necessary. Anyways I jest.
Yeah they would be welcomed but the immigration admission process has to implemented. It cuts both ways.
You have to appreciate the optimism. But I seriously doubt this will ever happen. Wages in the EU are low vs the US, even compared to cost of living, and whoever does move, and takes the pay cut (which will be especially high for the high performers you want most), will probably move back once trump is out anyway, to get back to their old pay level.
Yes we can brain drain them of all their gender and POC studies PHDs so those people can tell us how to decolonize our minds. Brilliant idea.
No significant number of hard scientists or technicians will leave – the money is too good over there.
None of this will materialise without massive tech and clean energy spending, and since that lightbulb still hasn’t been switched on in Brussels, we should have no expectations of being viewed as a more attractive destination than the US.
It’s only fair, since the US profitted enormously from european scientists who fled there for exactly the same reasons
Imagine the US if only the MAGA crowd were left. It would be like a science experiment. Would they eat each other before getting a chance to nuke Greenland?
Maybe Europe does not appreciate talents, even Einstein escaped Europe a century ago.
Not sure US scientists will suddenly flee to the EU.
What I would bet on, however, is less EU brains flying to the US : that’s what we should target.
No, we are not. Please stop reposting this damn topic again and again.
Many EU countries don’t have available positions for them to start off with.
They don’t because we haven’t invested enough in science over the years.
We will never have the absolutely extreme risk-willingness that Americans possess. We won’t see the same kind of investment environment here as a result.
Several countries, esp Denmark where I’m from, have immigration policies that can best be described as “you’re not welcome here, we don’t want you here, but we need you for this project, please fuck off once you’re done”.
If the EU seriously want to pursue this, they need to address all of the above.
Sorry to be a party pooper but on average, mostly, it’s not going to be rocket scientists coming over. It’ll be politically motivated gender studies, climate scientists that’ll be coming over -which is still a net positive imo as long as they act like scientists and not as political activists.
Reason is simple, for highly skilled people, there’s a huuuge pay gap. You may say healthcare, but those kinda people don’t have everyday American people problems, they make more than enough to tackle it.
There’s more hype and talk than peopl3 actually moving. Why would they move out just because of current president? Soon he will be out of term anyway.
No we don’t. Zealot social scientists and climate modelists are not what people mean when they say « brain drain ».
That would be a huge win for Europe, sorry Americans. But I guess those coming to us would also benfit (universal healtcare, no guns allowed,…)
Personally I encourage every American to move out of the US that thinks it would be better elsewhere. Any Europeans wishing Americans would move into their nations are going to be in for a big surprise. They will all bring with them a cancer that will metastasize and Europe will not be the same. The prevailing European opinion of Americans as fat, lazy, unintelligent, loud, and uncultured will be what Europe gets. Europe is not getting the masses who want to generate wealth for themselves by working hard and making the most they can.
So in 4 years when there is a new election they leave again?
this starts to feel like spam
dear sir madame
I have an important american brain to get out of the country….
Imagine america with half brain gets more brain drain. xD Their education is worst than in most 3rd world countries.
As long as we don’t get the stupid Americans which is about 2/3, the ones that voted for Trump and the ones that didn’t bother to vote at all.
Considering there’s no money for academia in Europe, I don’t think they’re ready no. There’s a reason so many researchers left for the US to start with.
Unless money magically appears out of thin air of course.
The sad answer is no. Anti intellectualism is taking over here in Europe as well. If we want to take in American scientists we will need to invest a lot more in education.
Nah we send our migrants to Africa. There are no room in El Salvador
Most of Europe has been experiencing a population decline. They need a population boost
If Europe made it SUPER easy for americans with Academic Degrees to move to europe and settle down, it would literally be the biggest powermove this century. The US is absolutely ripe for a braindrain, might as well make it easy.
No thanks
Sure. When they realize it is all Indian and Asian STEMs, not the demographic they think that is America.
No.
Europe is not ready.
The EU is going to come up with a plan. It will just take 10 years and be so watered down that no one will want to take them up on the offer.
Working with americans is pure cancer so nt but no.
Science is great and all, but do you really want americans in Europe? The fact that they are scientists doesnt mean they dont have the same views shared by the rest of americans that led the US where it is now.
Sadly I dont see a big drain when 50% of europe cant hold conversations in english
Not if they bring more of their identity and race politics. That’s the last thing European cities need right now
Europe isn’t even able to pick those brains that’s been jobless in Europe.
Then Europe better starts paying their engineers, academics & teachers double what they get paid today.
Who are these americans “fleeing” the country?
Europe can have all of our PhDs in gender studies
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