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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 11:41 PM Jun 2017

Macron offers refuge to US climate scientists in swipe at Trump rejecting Paris agreement

This is like reverse Nazi Germany where Europe offers refuse to U.S. scientists.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/812694/emmanuel-Macron-refuge-american-climate-scientists-donald-trump-paris-agreement

The French President joined the rest of Europe in condemning the move in a joint statement with the leaders of Germany and Italy defending the Paris agreement.

"I know that you are a great nation. I know your history — our common history.

“To all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the president of the United States, I want to say that they will find in France a second homeland.”

The French leader urged them to work on “concrete solutions” for the environment in France.

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