Teachers’ strike: unions received urgently by Jean Castex

The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, agreed to receive the teachers’ unions on the evening of Thursday January 13, after the strong mobilization against the new health protocol put in place in schools. Guillaume Daret, French journalist Televisions is duplex of the Ministry of National Education, in Paris. For him, it seems that Matignon has got his hands on this sensitive subject.

“Even if, behind the scenes, Matignon underlines that it is happening at the Ministry of National Education and it is indeed Jean-Michel Blanquer who will speak at the end of the meeting. A way not to give the feeling of disavowing it completely”, explains the journalist. Basically, what can move? “The government has a red line: there is no question of closing a class from a single case. For him, it would actually close the schools”, adds William Daret.