The center-right government of Angela Merkel has announced its legislative program for research and high education: more than 5% increase per year until 2015 for funding to the two major government research centers, the Max Planck Society and the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), more 7.7 billion more than EUR 5 billion, new and additional to the university from 2011 to 2015 of which 5 billion for the overall development and 2.7 billion dedicated to the 'Initiative for Excellence ", and finally 14, € 6 billion for the development of high technology in areas considered strategic: energy, climate, health and safety. To overcome the crisis, therefore, Germany focuses on the "knowledge package" With more and more science training. The program is very significant for at least three reasons. First comes after a year in which, despite the recession, the federal government's investment in science and development grew by 10%. According to re-propose this as the program of the previous center-left government, led by Chancellor Merkel herself, a continuity that shows how science and high education is a strategic choice despite the alternation of governments. Third, the program is, as in Italy, on the promotion of merit, in Berlin is not only supported by the words and rules, but by concrete investments. Two particular aspects affecting. The first concerns the 'Initiative for Excellence ", or the attempt to reward those universities that are better. So far the initiative has been able to count on a pilot phase of three years, funded with € 30 million per year, which gave work to 4,200 researchers, for most young people, of which 40% women and 25% from abroad (many from Italy). Another aspect relates to high technology. Most research has focused on investments in the renewable energy sector. With a successful ten years in renewable energy rose from 6 to 17% of the total.
Peter's Greek, "L'Unita, 16 November 2009
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