Geneviève Fioraso

French must be used in universities while all but banning lessons in another language and visits from foreign guest teachers. Education unions have called a strike in protest at the measure that some claim will turn French into a "dead language". Geneviève Fioraso, the Minister for Higher Education, claims the measure is aimed at increasing the number of foreign students at French universities from the current level of 12 per cent of the total to 15 per cent by 2020. Today, she insisted the entire row