French activists protest against Macron's research privatisation bill
Channel: Peoples Dispatch
Date: 2020-07-15

On July 8, Wednesday, the research community in France under the leadership of Faculties and Labs in Struggle protested against the controversial LPPR  (Pluriannual Research Programming Law) bill and the ‘Welcome to France’ program introduced by the government with the aim to privatize and commercialize higher education and research institutes in France.  Protests took place in Paris, Lyon, Nice, and Montpellier.