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Geneviève Fioraso wants to leave the government. The start of the secretary of state for higher education and research could be announced by press soon.
The starting Geneviève Fioraso comes at a bad moment. A national movement is organized on Thursday at the call of the main unions against the top “The divestiture of the higher education public service and research” . But the health status of the Secretary of State has pushed it to ask to be relieved of his duties for the second time since December. The president initially wanted her to stay at his post until the departmental elections on 22 and 29 March.
Many names circulating
The question his estate will likely be resolved after the elections, the executive seriously considering a government reshuffle. Initially, the portfolio Geneviève Fioraso could be taken over by Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Education, already “guardianship” of M me Fioraso for higher education and research.
To replace Ms. Fioraso after the county, some names are circulating already, including Alain Claeys. Socialist MP in Vienna, he is a specialist in higher education issues. “It has a lot of fans , says a source in the executive . But it is a man, and the government wants to continue in the direction of parity. “
The same argument could be detrimental to Jean-Yves Le Déaut or Vincent Feltesse. The first socialist deputy of Meurthe-et-Moselle since 1986, is a former university professor. He is the author of the report “Rethinking the university, boost research – Better cooperate to succeed.” The second, socialist deputy of the Gironde from 2012 to 2014, he was adviser to the Elysee since May 2014 and was rapporteur of the law on higher education.
It also evokes Bertrand Monthubert, the current president of the University Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III. Near Arnaud Montebourg, founder of the group Save the search, he was national secretary for higher education and research to the leadership of the Socialist Party. His appointment would be the preference of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem.
Finally, the one that will draw perhaps advantage of this situation could be Marie-Christine Lemardeley. The former president of the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University is responsible for teaching issues than the City of Paris, having narrowly failed to be elected mayor of the 5 th arrondissement of Paris in 2014 .
Whatever successor Geneviève Fioraso, it will inherit the heavy case of university funding. In recent years, between the consequences of the autonomy granted in 2007 and the restrictions imposed by budgetary discipline, the academic community regularly denounces the lack of resources. The entourage of M me Fioraso ensures his side as the superior of the budget increased by 2.5% between 2012 and 2015 and highlights its balance sheet. At the forefront of which, the law of 22 July 2013, and its key measures: simplification of supply licenses and masters or approximation of universities and colleges in twenty-five “communities” throughout the territory .
Ariane 6
The office of the Secretary of State also recalled that 5000 jobs were funded and “458 million euros were invested in three years for student scholarships, which now allows a student three to benefit from a scholarship “. In addition, 42,916 new student housing will be delivered 1 st January 2018. Besides the law that regulates the courses passed in June 2014. Fascinated by space, Geneviève Fioraso also negotiated with success, creating a new space launcher. Ariane 6
“I have great admiration for what she did , says Vincent Berger, adviser François Hollande for higher education . His reforms, we still talk about it in ten years, both the transformation of the university landscape or Ariane 6. “” I appreciated his commitment universities during this difficult time also commented Alain Beretz, Strasbourg University President . She always defended our budgets, even if I’m not happy about our situation. I appreciated how she went to universities to understand and support them. “
Other opinions are much less flattering. “One of the highlights is the lack of dialogue with the personal” , advanced Claudine Kahane, Co-Secretary General of Snesup-FSU, the main union of the superior. But the question that focuses the attention of “the growing fiscal austerity , reports M me Kahane . The 2015 budget of universities has still not notified them. It is extravagant. In general, communication M me Fioraso is in complete sync with ground truth. “
The increase in appropriations higher is strongly contested by the” Group Vernant, “a group of academics from the left. Citing the report of the Socialist MP Lot-et-Garonne Valerie Rabault, they argue that the budget for education and university research has in fact been cut by € 689 million in 2014.
Moreover, it is also that nagging question that explains to the UNEF, “the political changeover” lived since 2012. “At the beginning of the quinquennium says William Swift, president of the union, could negotiate. But today, because of the austerity of the wall, it is negotiating over anything. The message is that the fight against insecurity student is finished. “ This is the budget yardstick that the successor of M me Fioraso begin its work. Suffice to say that this risk, two years of presidential elections, to be limited.
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