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AVEC L’ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES 2015
Letter about the European Union Research Policy
This letter was co-signed by the German, French and English academies and sent on 2 March 201563 to Jean-Claude Junker,
president of the European Commission.
Science: a school for citizenship
This letter was sent on 10 March 201564 to Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research.
G7 Science Academies’ Statement 2015
Greeted in Berlin by the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
(Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften) on 28 and 29
April 2015, the academies of science from the countries of the G7
(Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the
United Kingdom) have jointly defined the key issues on which the action
of their respective governments should be urgently focused65:
• infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance: threats and
necessary actions;
• neglected tropical diseases;
• future of the ocean: impact of human activities on marine
systems.
Joint Statement on Animal Experimentation
19 May 2015 Statement by the Académie Nationale de Médecine, Académie des Sciences, Académie nationale de pharmacie and
Académie vétérinaire de France66 in reply to the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) calling for an end to all animal experimentation in
Europe.
Excellence for All
In this advice note released on 27 May 201567, the Académie des Sciences considers that the instructional programme covering
the elementary and middle school grades, as proposed by the Conseil supérieur des programmes (CSP) [French Senior Council on
Instructional Programmes] to the French Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research are not satisfactory, for
structural reasons.
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