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Visiting Hauts-de-France, the candidate explained that in his opinion, students with disabilities should attend special establishments with specialized teachers. Words that angered the associations.
Faced with the controversy, Éric Zemmour decided to explain himself. On YouTube, he attempted an update for parents of disabled children: “These remarks have been hijacked. Some politicians have gone so far as to make believe that I wanted to exclude children with disabilities from mainstream schools. What a lie and what hypocrisy. Comments made yesterday, during his trip to Hauts-de-France. Asked about students with disabilities, the candidate had campaigned for separate establishments.
“The obsession with inclusion is a bad way for other children and for those children. Who are completely overwhelmed by other children. So I think we need specialized teachers to deal with it”, explained Éric Zemmour in particular. A statement that immediately provoked the ire of the associations concerned by the subject. “France is not this nauseating idea that he is trying to develop”, retorted Anne Hidalgo in particular.
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