The German Foreign Ministry will negotiate with its partners in the United States in the interest of German students at the US Harvard University, said the German diplomacy department in Berlin through a spokesman. TASR reports according to Reuters.
“We are aware of the three -digit numbers of German students studying at Harvard, so we will quickly discuss our partners in the US with our partners in the US,” the ministry said.
German students at Harvard
“In these discussions, we will also express our expectations that the interests and concerns of German students will be appropriate,” added the Diplomacy Department in Berlin.
The Truma administration of this most prestigious University in the US has recently banned from accepting foreign students. Foreigners who are already studying there must change to other universities, otherwise they would lose their stay in the US, the DPA says.
Suspension of Harvard grants
An unnamed US Department of Education representative said in early May that Harvard University would not receive any research grants from the federal government until President Donald Trump’s administration requirements.
According to AP, the escalation of Trump’s dispute is with this prestigious educational institution. The Ministry of Education has already decided to suspend Federal Harvard grants of $ 2.2 billion, and Trump is also trying to relieve the college of the status of tax exemption institution.
Allegations and measures
Trump and his administration justify their pressure on Harvard and other universities by response to allegedly uncontrolled anti -Semitism and support of the Palestinian militant Hamas group. The accusations coming from the White House are based on controversies and riots during the protests against the war in the Gaza Strip, which took place last year at several universities and their campus.
Trump’s advisors also often portray American universities such as bastions of anti -conservative forces, and this situation needs to be corrected.
According to DPA, a representative of the German government spokesman Sebastian Hille stressed that the freedom of scientific research is crucial for a liberal society. “Restrictions on academic freedom are limitations of democracy itself,” he pointed out.
