btw., I did not follow that suggestion ;).

we should really make an effort to move publishing to our associations, and leave the commercial publishers behind us...

Not knowing much about Scientific Reports, I thought of it at least as a reputable subjournal. Its shocking to see what they publish and shocking that Nature and its subjournals engage in such funneling.

I received a desk rejection from Nature Human Behavior with the following suggestion:

"Although we cannot offer to publish your manuscript, we believe the Editorial Board at Scientific Reports will find it interesting and recommend you transfer there[...]"

Was für Eltern muss man haben…

Would be interesting to also study the impact of Brexit on the EU-27.
My guess: also worse off

He even calls the 600b from the EU a "gift" later in the longer version of the interview (around 15:50).

www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

That's an interesting interpretation of the "investment promises". Will be interesting what happens if he actually demands the payment of the "signing bonus".

Certainly, the "trade deals" are not done and I guess they will continue to dominate the debate for quite some time going forward...