Mobilization of high school students: deputies will debate in the afternoon the future of Parcoursup

The various unions describe the new measures announced by the government on Monday as "insufficient" and call for continued mobilization.

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A discussion to try to ease tensions. Two days after the announcement of the government's new measures on high schools and higher education, in particular the "replacement" of Parcoursup, criticized by high school students, deputies will be invited, Wednesday October 28 in the afternoon, to debate in the National Assembly on the future of the platform, a ministerial source confirmed to France Télévisions on Monday. Follow our live stream.

Announcements for high schools and higher education “are not enough”. “We can clearly see that the account is not there,” lamented Tuesday Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of Snes-FSU, in the wake of the meeting organized between the unions and the Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray. The union representative believes that the announcements for high schools and higher education "are not enough" and calls for "unblocking" the high school, in reference to the former Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, who defended the "enormous progress" caused according to him by the creation of Parcoursup.

“Work must resume on Monday,” urges the Minister of Higher Education. Questioned on France 2 on Tuesday, the day after government announcements to try to put an end to the high school and student protests which have lasted for more than a month, Philippe Baptiste believes that "there is indeed a right to demonstrate, a right to disagree (...) but the right to block does not exist (...) and I think that there is a right to study". The minister also stressed that “discussions with trade union organizations, with organizations representing students and high school students” must “continue”.

New mobilizations planned for October 31 and November 5. A new day of massive action at the call of the yellow vests is expected on October 31, a few days before the national day of strike and demonstrations on November 5. For its part, the youth inter-union called for the movement to continue after its meeting with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday.