Is French science in decline...

摘要

Se regarder le nombril — navel gazing — is a national sport in France, and that gaze has turned to science. The sentiment that French research is in steep decline has become a recurrent theme of political discourse, newspaper editorials and TV talk shows. Frances research system has its problems — from unwieldy bureaucracies to dilapidated universities. As a result, many gaze across the channel, and the Atlantic, to the Anglo-Saxon system as a model for science and innovation.