Summary: 1.80
1.90
2.00
2.10
2.20
2.30
2.40
1985 1990
Year
Governmentspendingonresearch,percentGDP
Re-elected
Re-elected
1995 2000 2005
Conservative governmentSocialist government
Mitterrand
20.5% increase
Chirac
7.0% decline
S
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Source: Anné, Colette - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray,

Collections: Mathematics