
Student leader Pierre Sourzat announced the resumption of lockdowns in French high schools after the holidays, judging government measures against high living costs and school degradation to be insufficient.
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The French protest movement arose in response to rising prices, deteriorating learning conditions and inequality.
The high school lockdown campaign will resume from tomorrow when students return from their two-week holiday. This was announced by Pierre Sourzat, leader of the student group 'Lyceens!', arguing that the government's proposals are not enough.
“It will be more significant from Tuesday, but we know that some schools will be blocked from tomorrow,” he told broadcaster RmC. "We support all our classmates who will not go to class from tomorrow," he added. The French protest movement against soaring prices grew out of weeks of demonstrations by high school students protesting against deteriorating learning conditions and inequality.
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people, including high school and university students, took to the streets across France for the third consecutive weekend of protests. Last Monday, the government announced a series of measures to respond to protesters' demands, including replacing the university admissions platform and providing loans for school renovations.
But these proposals, according to the students, are not enough.
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Resumption of lockdowns in high schools starting Tuesday.
Very likely · Within days

Minister Giuseppe Valditara replies to the European Union on the decree that provides for a ceiling for foreigners in school, stating that the government moves forward without hesitation and that the law favors integration without discrimination.

The European Commission follows the process of the Italian school decree which introduces a 30% cap on foreign pupils in classes, recalling that the EU treaties prohibit discrimination based on nationality. The Valditara government intends to continue, while the Democratic Party asks for the withdrawal of the measure.

The European Commission, through vice-president Roxana Minzatu, defined the Meloni government's response to the Democratic Party's question on the law imposing a maximum class limit on foreigners, adopted on October 1st by Minister Valditara, as a failure. The Commission will carefully monitor legislative developments, recalling the jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice on the prohibition of discrimination based on nationality.

The secretaries of Uil and Uil Scuola, Bombardieri and D'Aprile, contest the cuts envisaged by the budget bill, which would bring the number of positions eliminated in three years to 14,808. The unions are calling for investing in the quality of education rather than reducing staff numbers.

Oppositions and unions harshly criticize the Meloni government's maneuver for cutting 7,000 places in public schools, including teachers and ATA staff, after a similar reduction in the previous budget law.

In the 2027 budget law of the Meloni government, the Teacher's Charter could be transformed into a Service Charter for the well-being of all school staff, including insurance and discounts, although amounts and resources are yet to be defined.