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The National Universal Service or SNU, which has great difficulty in attracting volunteers, keeps changing shape. One of the new avenues proposed by the government today is to offer sessions to second-year students from the start of the next school year.
It is an old promise from Emmanuel Macron, which is very difficult to keep, that all young people aged 18 to 21 perform a compulsory national service of one month during the holidays. six years older latethe government is working on a new formula, on school time and on a voluntary basis. A proposal decried by the opposition. “IIt is out of the question to remove 12 days of school for our children”explains Alexis Corbière, LFI deputy.
Decision at the end of June for the new terms
A month ago, Emmanuel Macron leaned towards a mandatory SNU. An objective postponed, with the pension reform, the government feared that the youth would take to the streets. These reversals reflect a certain wavering according to Benjamin Morel. “It’s a sea serpent, national education actors do not carry it in their hearts”, underlines the political scientist. Contacted, Sarah El’s office Haïry disputes the idea of trial and error, the government is giving itself until the end of June to enact the new terms.
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