Emmanuel Macron decided to resume the thread of his five-year term

The reform of the vocational high school was a promise of the candidate Macron, confirms Thierry Curtet, from Saintes (Charente-Maritime). “By coming here, to Saintes, to make his announcements, President Macron wants to show that he is somehow picking up the thread of his five-year term, and that he is not prevented”reports the journalist. “President Macron has just announced that this reform was essential in his eyes, fundamental. He wants to upgrade the sector, which educates a third of French high school students”adds Thierry Curtet.

“Demonstrate that he has turned the page”

This reform will concern the extension of internships, “who will be remunerated by the State, up to one billion euros, from the start of the 2023 school year”, says Thierry Curtet. Unions fear that extending the duration of traineeships “is done to the detriment of fundamental lessons. It is also a question of opening or closing certain sectors, in agreement with the world of work and companies, and according to the state of the labor market, regional or local. President Macron wants to demonstrate that he has turned the page on pension reform, after the final decision of the Constitutional Council”explains Thierry Curtet, live from Saintes.