
The Minister of Education and Merit: education is not an exclusive EU competence and the law favors integration
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.
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The Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara replies to the European Union on the decree which provides for a ceiling for foreigners in school.
"The problem doesn't exist. The government moves forward without hesitation." This was said by the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara, replying to the European Union on the decree which provides for a ceiling for foreigners in school.
"Given that education is not a rule of exclusive competence of the EU, as all international reports indicate - he adds - the rule is in favor of integration: it refers to those foreigners who do not know the language and therefore does not create any discrimination. In most European countries, first-time foreign students are even placed in separate classes".

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.

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