Last straight line for the presidential candidates. They have until Friday to convince voters to vote for them in the first round, this Sunday, April 10. Decisive days for each of them organized to the nearest second. Between political rally, rally, meeting or even interviews with the media, the 12 contenders for the Élysée Palace are not idle.
This Sunday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon was in a meeting in Toulouse. In front of 25 supporters who came for the occasion, the candidate of rebellious France returned to a proposal from the presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron. Jean-Luc Mélenchon said his opponent wanted to allow learning from the age of 12. “How could he imagine sending a 12-year-old kid on an apprenticeship?”, he commented under boos. Message that he also relayed on his Twitter account with the following message: “International conventions prohibit it. In France, the end of compulsory education is 16 years old. No one will go to apprenticeship before!”. guest on France Interthis Monday, April 4, the husband of Brigitte Macron described as “fake news” the remarks made by the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône.
.@EmmanuelMacron : “All weekend, fake news was relayed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. I never said that at 12 years old young people had to be put on an apprenticeship. I said that children had to be allowed to knowing trades. It has nothing to do with it.” #le79Interpic.twitter.com/2YoTgYk5iE
– France Inter (@franceinter) April 4, 2022
“All weekend, there was fake news that circulated and was relayed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon”specifies the candidate for his re-election. “I never said that at 12, you had to put young people in apprenticeship. It’s a scandal to say that”, says Emmanuel Macron. He then insisted on further clarifying his proposal. “I said that at 12, children should be allowed to learn about trades, that has nothing to do. That is to say, allow regions and companies to come for a few hours” in schools. He then confided that his ambition was to set up “an unprecedented vocational high school reformwhich will allow young people aged 16, 17, finally, to have a salary when they do an internship which was not possible”.
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Helene Bardeau