CSOs for the Freedom of Science - Communication from Civilisation

"The development and simple survival of a democratic society requires scientific research that is independent of political influence, as well as a diverse and prosperous civil society. Scientific results and information provide the basis for making decisions that are in the interest of all of us, for creating strategies and directions for progress. This is especially important today, when divisions are widening in our society and extremist ideologies and news without scientific foundations are spreading. Meanwhile, our environment is threatened by the consequences of climate change and species loss, even in the very short term. As civil society organisations, we also rely on the work of researchers every day, be they social or natural scientists.The amendment of the law that the Ministry of Information and Technology intends to submit would deprive the Hungarian academic sector of its independence. However, science may only be pursued under predictable conditions, freely and subject to the self-management of the research community. We support this as civils, and we expect others to join us."