It is an understatement to say that the report of the inspectors of the General Council for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas (CGAAER) on the veterinary school project in Limoges was poorly received by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Aquitaine. Which again pleaded in favor of the creation of this public school this Thursday, December 19.
The report, released a few weeks ago, argued in particular on a problem of excess number of graduates by 2030, by adding to the young people trained in France the thousand French students who will train each year abroad, due to lack of simplified access to French public schools. The report also criticizes the weaknesses of the case brought by the region and the University of Limoges.
The report is a severe blow to the project and yet, the region remains hopeful because, assures for the first time the regional elected representative, Claire Jacquinet, “the former minister Marc Fesneau had given his agreement in principle for the opening of the sixth year in Limoges. This opening represented the necessary premises for the creation of a complete training.
Nameless cynicism
Thursday morning, the elected official and the region’s services heard the general inspectors present their report. A “very technical” presentation according to the Region and which was only a repetition of the conclusions of the report. Claire Jacquinet is offended by what this report reveals, this “nameless cynicism about delegating, to anyone who wants to make it an economic model, a public health profession. The State must not resign on public health training, when we know that the dangers of tomorrow are health-related. 80% of emerging diseases come from animals. »
Also added, in favor of the creation of a school in Limoges, is the fact that “the training followed abroad,” continues Claire Jacquinet, “is inadequate to meet needs. Students and veterinarians themselves complain about it.”
The Region continues its advocacy in favor of this creation and will refine the project, to respond to the objections to its implementation contained in the report. The work also plays out on another, very political level. “I expect the new government to give me the green light to move forward on the issue, with the University of Limoges,” insisted President Alain Rousset in plenary session. A government whose new leader will perhaps be sensitive to neo-Aquitaine issues, being himself mayor of a commune in the region, Pau.
