In a wide-ranging speech to explain the aims of his new government, the French president raised a number of issues championed by the traditional right. He has also expressed his support for the criticized Education Minister and the actor Gérard Depardieu, accused of sexual assault.
French President Emmanuel Macron has promised this “order and more authority” of the state, in the schools and on the streets to relaunch his mandate, which was mired in great unpopularity.
During a long press conference – which lasted two and a quarter minutes – Macron explained his objectives new governmentwhich has several conservative figures linked to Nicolas Sarkozy and considered one turn right.
Education has been the focus of much of her speech, at a time when the sector minister is in the eye of the hurricane for criticizing public schools. Macron has defended the need for discipline to return to schools, which will result in a possible return of the uniformcompulsory education Marseillaisestrengthen citizenship education or restore ‘rituals’ such as the awarding of diplomas.
The French president has announced that they will implement this pilot tests (in one hundred schools) of the use of the uniform during the next school year, and that this will be generalized throughout the system in 2026 if the results are positive.
Moreover, Macron is “fully” in favor of making it mandatory to teach the anthem “La Marseillaise” in schools, arguing that we must restore “the symbology of the values that unite us.”
The French president has also said the government will take action to ensure “the correct use” of devices with screens by children, “both at home and at school.”
Macron has one closed defense of his Minister of Education, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, after having to apologize for explaining why she took her son out of a public school to take him to a private school. Oudéa-Castéra assured that he had to enroll his son in the private school because in the public center there were many hours in which the teacher failed without being replaced.
Finally, the actor was asked about his case Gerard Depardieuaccused of sexual assault by several women, has said he does not regret “at least” defending him (he even went so far as to say he was an example to the Republic) and for the presumption of innocence asked, although this time he added that it is important to listen to women.
Source: EITB
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