High school student mobilization: Minister David Amiel calls for the demands to be heard while condemning the violence

“High school students obviously have the right to demonstrate, to make their demands heard, and we in government have a duty to hear them,” said Saturday October 3 on franceinfo the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, David Amiel, while an “Act III” of the high school mobilization is looming for Tuesday October 6. The minister in charge of the 2027 draft budget presented by the government recalls that "apart from Defense, the budget which is increasing the most is that of National Education".

“What worries me most is the violence,” adds the minister, for whom the elected representatives of La France insoumise “throw fuel on the fire evening and morning”, “fuel the violence” and “the anger”. David Amiel addresses his “solidarity” and his “support” to public officials, National Education staff and the police, “on the front line” in the face of violence. Follow our live stream.

• “The violence is committed by individuals who are embedded in this movement and who have nothing to do with it,” according to a representative of high school students. The Minister of National Education Edouard Geffray "did not immediately satisfy our demands", declared on RMC Louis Letoublond, vice-president of the organization Les Lycéens!, Saturday morning. He deplores the absence of "an emergency plan for school buildings that we requested", and "a concrete guarantee on human resources" such as "more teachers to ensure replacements". The "substantive work" announced by the minister, for example on high school democracy, may be a way of "drowning the fish", evokes Louis Letoublond, according to whom "the scenes of violence that we have seen in recent days are not the work of the high school movement".