Time for the EU to take the place of the US.
China is probably more likely to take over in science.
Not if the EU creates the conditions to attract the scientific talent wanting to leave the US.
EU has a terrible track record. It's a gigantic bureaucratic papermill. They never promoted innovation, why would they start now?
They'll probably talk about starting to promote innovation. They kind of have to. But it's a paradigm shift.
> EU has a terrible track record.
In a context where the comparison is China...
I say, let a thousand flowers bloom!
Don’t forget: quite many innovations (most?) that supported the Covid vaccines were developed in the EU.