Brigitte Macron favorable to wearing of uniform at school

A bill for the national rally aimed at the generalization of the wearing of a uniform in schools and colleges will be discussed Thursday in the National Assembly.

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A few days after having defended the pension reform to the words, Brigitte Macron delivered her position on a topical subject. In an interview published Wednesday, January 11 by The Parisian , in which she gives her opinion on several other subjects linked to education, from the laptop to the Lycée at the level of spelling, the wife of the Head of State said he was favorable to the port of the uniform at the School.

“I wore the uniform as a student: fifteen years of navy blue skirt, navy blue sweater. And I lived it well. This erases the differences, we save time – it’s time to choose how Dressing in the morning – and money – compared to brands, “said the first lady, interviewed by seven daily readers. “So I am for the wearing of uniform at school, but with a simple and not sad outfit,” she summed up.

A controversial subject, until the presidential camp. The party of Emmanuel Macron, Renaissance, launched a working group in the National Assembly dedicated to the uniform. But the Minister of Education, Pap Ndiaye, repeated last week On bfm-tv Wanting to “open this debate, in any case at the national level”. “I do not want a law on this subject. Imposing the uniform on all students is no,” he said, while noting that an establishment could establish one at the local level.

RN bill

A bill for the national rally aimed at making the wearing of uniform in public schools and colleges was rejected in mid-December in the assembly, despite the support of the right. The text is expected Thursday in the hemicycle.

The proposal to make compulsory in public schools and colleges wearing a “uniform outfit”, each establishment of which could fix “cut and color”, is entered in fourth place in their parliamentary niche, and could be Debate in time allocated.

The objective is to “avoid the” Islamist “pressure and put an end to the” most expensive, most luxurious, most fashionable clothes competition “, pleads Marine Le Pen. A text written without “serious work on the impact”, according to the presidential camp. But one of the only ones who will support other benches from the Palais-Bourbon. The deputies of the group Les Républicains who have received the instructions to support it, such as those aimed at suppressing areas with low emissions (or ZFE) or creating a “presumption of self -defense” for the police.

/Media reports cited above.