It so happened that I learned about Emmanuel Macron’s attitude to issues of science and higher education long before he was elected president of France, and even before he announced his candidacy. The fact is that two years ago, while still Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Technologies under President Francois Hollande, he came to our institute and gave a big speech at the opening of the second stage of the national program “New Industrial France”. At the heart of this program was an additional investment of approximately 3.4 billion euros in scientific and technological projects to support France's leadership in aerospace technology, renewable energy, digital technologies and...