” We’re cold, it’s winter and we can’t even put heating in our apartments. Student precariousness exists. She touches us all “, says Melissa, president of the FSE union in Nancy. In front of the presidency of the University of Lorraine, they were between 80 and 100 to express their dissatisfaction with regard to “precarious measures of the Macron government“, according to Tom Veloso, the president of the UNEF.
We can’t feed ourselves!
Rise in registration fees for foreign students, end of one-euro meals for scholarship students, Crous in need of renovation, drop in APL… For some students, finishing the end of the month is a test: “We can’t feed ourselves! After a week, my fridge is empty, there is a poor jar of pickles left!“, laments Luc, in master of history. So, when the President of the Republic, on January 13 questions the model of the free university, the anger of the students explodes. They made themselves heard on the Léopold course .
“It’s a hassle, I survive, we can’t live fully. We have to deprive ourselves of things, we have no choice. Either we eat, or we enjoy!” testifies Maya in third year of license in sciences of education. One in five students lives below the poverty line in France.