Emmanuel Macron enjoins uneasy US scientists: 'Move to France'

French presidential candidate calls on those alarmed by Donald Trump's rhetoric to relocate to the 'new land of innovation'

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has called on US scientists, academics and entrepreneurs at odds with Donald Trump's administration to move to France.

The former economy minister, one of the frontrunners in the upcoming presidential election, urged US-based scientists working on climate change, renewable energy and health issues who were wary of the new political situation to seek refuge across the Atlantic. "I want all those who today embody innovation and excellence in the United States to hear what we say: from now on, from next May, you will have a new homeland - France," he said on Saturday.