
The EU Commission denies actions against the Italian government on the school decree, underlining that Parliament has yet to convert it and that member states manage education systems autonomously in compliance with EU law.
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The European Commission has clarified its position regarding the Italian decree-law on schools.
"We would like to clarify that the Commission has taken no action against the Italian government regarding the decree-law on schools. As usual, we will not make any statement on a decree-law that has yet to be converted into law by Parliament." A spokesperson for the EU Commission explains this by returning to the dossier of the school decree.
“More generally, under Union law (Article 165 TFEU), Member States are free to organize their education systems as they see fit, provided that, in the exercise of that competence, they respect Union law,” it adds.

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.

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.

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.