A holiday that does not pass. The Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, is under fire from opposition critics, Monday January 17, after Mediapart (subscribers) revealed that the interview revealing the health protocol at school during the return to school after the Christmas holidays was carried out from Ibiza, where he was staying then, without this being mentioned in the article.
The announcement of this protocol, made in the columns of the Parisian Sunday, January 2, had aroused the anger of teachers for its late timing, and its reduced accessibility: it was initially reserved for subscribers to the newspaper (the article was finally made free afterwards).
On Monday evening, several opposition members criticized a “communication error”, in the words of former LREM deputy and now EELV Matthieu Orphelin.
The new protocol in schools announced by the Minister of National Education… from Ibiza…
This is a new big communication error that should not calm the situation. https://t.co/EhIwSRimUG— Matthieu ORPHELIN (@M_Orphelin) January 17, 2022
His colleague Aurélien Taché, also ex-LREM, for his part asked for the resignation of Jean–Michel Blanquer, like several LFI deputies.
— Deputy Obono (@Deputee_Obono) January 17, 2022
Enough is enough.
Jean-Michel Blanquer must resign. #blankresignation— Mathilde Panot (@MathildePanot) January 17, 2022
Ditto for the EELV presidential candidate, Yannick Jadot, who judged that it was a “level of contempt and irresponsibility” Who “is not acceptable”.
Instead of preparing with teachers and parents of students for a return to Covid, the minister organized a media stunt with his feet in the sand. This level of contempt and irresponsibility is not acceptable.
I again demand the resignation of @jmblanquer.
—Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) January 17, 2022
Elected RN Gilbert Collard commented: “At the Blanquer, the indecency of the holidays is sacred!”. Guest of franceinfo, lhe First Secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, for his part denounced the“improvisation” school protocol and “the return of bling-bling at a time when everyone has to tighten their belts”, while considering that“a minister has the right to take vacation”.