Caught between his local role and the regional one, Christian Estrosi pulled out all the stops…
“The Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, with the achievement last year of the IDEX project led by the University Côte d’Azur, has become a global showcase for innovation, a full-scale laboratory capable of attracting talent from public and private research within a productive ecosystem,” he stated in a press release.
Before making a significant move: “To maintain this course of innovation and attractiveness, I have proposed to Frédérique Vidal, the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and to Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education, that Nice becomes the seat of the future regional Rectorate if the academies of Aix-Marseille and Nice were to merge.”
We can imagine the comments from the Canebière side…
