University reforms stall as french protests surge

University reforms stall as french protests surge


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You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF French scientists voted on 12 February to continue a national strike that began on 2 February in protest at proposed


government reforms of academic careers (see _Nature_ 457, 640–641; 2009). Valérie Pécresse, France's science minister, had offered a two-month mediation to revise the draft decree


implementing the changes, but to no avail. The row gathered momentum with nationwide street demonstrations on 10 February; Paris alone saw as many 40,000 researchers and students turn out to


protest. Researchers have now expanded their demands to include reversing the proposed transformation of the CNRS, Europe's largest basic-science agency, into a research council, and


other reforms of the university and research systems. The government lost further support as university presidents, top scientists and a slew of research bodies called for the reforms to be


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