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Published online 7 May 2008 | 453, 143 (2008) | doi:10.1038/453143a
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Research revolution?
Valérie Pecresse has been a member of the French National Assembly (Yvelines department) since 2002. She rose to prominence as the combative spokeswoman for Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party during the 2007 presidential race, after which she was appointed minister for higher education and research.
Reforming the country's research organizations and dilapidated universities is quite a challenge to take on.
It is something politicians — particularly those on the right — have paid little attention to, because you are up against such a politically hostile terrain.
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