French budget

摘要

Research and higher-education funding remained largely unchanged in France's draft 2014 budget, released on 25 September. The proposal fulfils pledges made by French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to introduce a long-awaited carbon tax, which is set to begin next year. The tax is expected to bring in €340 million (US$460 million) in 2014， and about €4 billion by 2016. See go.nature.com/ wepepo for more.