Following an invitation from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French President Emmanuel Macron made the first official French state visit to Germany in 24 years. During their three-day schedule, both presidents also visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS in Dresden to highlight the importance of collaboration between France and Germany in ensuring Europe's technological sovereignty, particularly in the field of microelectronics.
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Last Monday, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Germany announced the arrest of three suspected science spies who are alleged to have procured information on dual-use technologies for the Chinese secret service. They were in contact with several German universities and had signed a contract with one of them.
Germany's Minister of Education and Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, has called on universities to scrutinise any joint projects with China in the light of recent arrests over spying allegations."The arrest of three Germans for suspected .
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