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Nature 409, 274 (18 January 2001) | doi:10.1038/35053306

Spanish leader lends ear to science

Xavier Bosch

Spanish scientists, whose discontent with the workings of the country's science and technology system has been growing, last week won an unexpected opportunity to take their concerns directly to the prime minister, José María Aznar.Aznar met six leading scientists on 9 January at the presidential palace, along with his science adviser Pablo Vázquez and the heads of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the research arm of the Ministry of Health.