During the examination of the draft law on education, the deputies voted an amendment obliging the presence of the national emblem of the Republic in the schools.
Will all French classrooms soon be decorated with a French and European flag? On the night of Monday 11th to Tuesday 12th February, the deputies voted an amendment in this sense, during the examination of the draft law on the school of confidence, led by the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer .
The elected Republicans Eric Ciotti, at the origin of the measure, emphasises that it is “essential that the school environment is the privileged place in which young people learn to respect the values of the Republic.”
“Schools are not barracks”
Thus, two flags (French and European) and the words of the chorus of the Marseillaise could soon be displayed in all rooms of institutions of the first and second degree (kindergarten, elementary, high school and high school) of France, whether public or private under contract.
I welcome the vote on my amendment making the French flag mandatory in every class of every school in France. The values and symbols of the Republic belong to all French people, they must be able to appropriate them from the youngest age. #PJLEcole #DirectAN pic.twitter.com/t8NiT8S109
– Eric Ciotti (@ECiotti) February 11, 2019
On the left side, this provision was not welcomed. Insubordinate France considers that those “at the frontons of the establishments are sufficient”.
#LR and #LREM want French and European flags in each class. I consider sufficient those to the pediments of the establishments. Respect the country without going to nationalism. Schools are not barracks! #SchoolSchool https://t.co/lAq86XZ8oS
– Michel Larive (@Michel_Larive) February 12, 2019
“Schools are not barracks,” said MP Michel Larive.
absolutely wrong
I’m against a 100 for 100 schools are not barracks– Michel Larive (@Michel_Larive) February 12, 2019
A new deliberation is however awaited at the end of the examination of the text Friday given the conditions in which the amendment was adopted.
The new deliberation will take place at the end of the examination of the txt. While the right supported by the Minister reactivates the argument of the crisis of identity, the rejection of the values of the Republic, call for a demand: the real application of these values, their effectiveness!
– Elsa Faucillon (@ElsaFaucillon) February 12, 2019
