Against the advice of the government, the National Assembly votes an extension of 20 million for research against pediatric cancers

The National Assembly voted on Friday, October 29, an extension of 20 million euros in favor of research against pediatric cancers by adopting the 2022 budget for Higher Education and Research, up by more than 700 million. euros.

Against the opinion of the rapporteur and the government, the deputies validated an amendment by the UDI Béatrice Descamps defended with great emotion by the deputy from the North. These credits are intended to supplement the creation of a cancer research fund and will be taken from the “space research” program.

# PLF2022 : Against the opinion of the government, amendment n ° 1467 defended by @beadescamps (UDI) is adopted by the National Assembly. It aims to allocate an additional 20 million euros to research into pediatric cancers. #DirectAN # Pediatric cancers #PLF pic.twitter.com/cjLgNSHDbn

– LCP (@LCP) October 29, 2021

Each year, as part of the budget for higher education and research, MPs table a host of amendments in an attempt to inflate the research budget in specific areas, such as the fight against Lyme disease or here the childhood cancers.

In the wake of the programming law for research adopted in 2020, the Assembly also voted without concern the increased appropriations for the mission “higher education and research” for 2022 for a total budget approaching 25 billion euros .