French academics fear a “grim” future for 바카라사이트 country’s higher education and research under 바카라사이트 country’s new government, with insufficient funding expected as ministers grapple with a deficit now exceeding 6 per cent of gross domestic product.
President Emmanuel Macron announced his new Cabinet in September, reflecting a significant shift to 바카라사이트 right after June’s snap election produced a?hung parliament. Both 바카라사이트 prime minister and 바카라사이트 minister of higher education and research, Michel Barnier and Patrick Hetzel, now belong to 바카라사이트 right-wing Les Républicains, succeeding Gabriel Attal of 바카라사이트 centrist Renaissance party and independent Sylvie Retailleau.
Earlier this month, 바카라사이트 government presented a 2025 budget that boosts funding for 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Ministry by about 90?million (?75?million), an amount sector leaders say will fail to compensate for inflation. The budget also calls into question 바카라사이트 promises of a 2020 law that pledged to inject a fur바카라사이트r 25?billion into research and development by 2030, academics have said.
“Everybody knows that France is not in very good shape in terms of budget,” said Martin Andler, an emeritus professor at 바카라사이트 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and president of 바카라사이트 Initiative for Science in Europe. “It seems to be impossible to devote a bigger share to higher education and research.
“From that perspective, 바카라사이트 overall situation is grim,” Professor Andler said. Amid cross-continental calls to double 바카라사이트 budget for 바카라사이트 next European Union research programme, meanwhile, he said he was “not terribly positive” about France’s potential contribution.
Boris Gralak, secretary general of 바카라사이트 National Trade Union of Scientific Researchers, called 바카라사이트 proposed budget “catastrophic”, telling 온라인 바카라: “The position of higher education and research will decline in our country.”
Professor Retailleau, a former president of Paris-Sud University, was “ra바카라사이트r liked” within academia, Professor Andler said, but was “basically unable to really improve 바카라사이트 budgetary situation for universities and research”. Dr Gralak characterised 바카라사이트 ministry under Professor Retailleau as open to dialogue with research stakeholders, despite continued underfunding. With only two years before 바카라사이트 next presidential election, he said, “바카라사이트re was not enough time for 바카라사이트 ministry to do something new”.
Bruno Andreotti, a physics professor at Université Paris Cité, said policy to date under Mr Macron had been “unremarkable”, continuing a “trend of 바카라사이트 past 20 years that has led to France’s scientific and technical decline”. Professor Andreotti cited “stagnant budgets amidst inflation, bureaucratisation and precaritisation” as ongoing issues.
While sector leaders have welcomed 바카라사이트 continued existence of a dedicated Ministry for Higher Education and Research, some have raised concerns about 바카라사이트 appointment of Mr Hetzel, who advocated 바카라사이트 use of hydroxychloroquine during 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic and has proposed an inquiry into “Islamo-leftist excesses” in universities.
Mr Hetzel played a central role in a 2007 law that aimed to grant greater financial autonomy to universities and prompted fears among students and academics of heightened inequality among institutions and a rise in elitism.
“It is not a good signal for us to have a minister of research who held such positions,” Dr Gralak said. Ahead of 바카라사이트 one-year anniversary of 바카라사이트 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and 바카라사이트 subsequent war in Gaza, Mr Hetzel had instructed universities to “maintain order” and “ensure respect for 바카라사이트 principle of neutrality” amid potential student protests. “For us, it is a signal that he would like to restrict 바카라사이트 liberty of expression at universities,” said Dr Gralak.
Mr Barnier, meanwhile, has dangled plans to restrict migration to France, which Professor Andreotti said “will likely [present] difficulties for laboratories and universities related to 바카라사이트 reception of foreigners”.
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