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Masked, Macron visits a school to reassure at the dawn of deconfinement

2020-05-05T11:09:01.829Z


The president organized a visit to a school in Poissy (Yvelines) in an attempt to respond to the doubts of elected officials and teachers about the


Emmanuel Macron arrived in the courtyard of the establishment, his face covered with a black mask. The Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer also wore one. This Tuesday morning, the president chose to visit a school in Poissy (Yvelines) to address the concerns of some elected officials and teachers about the reopening of schools.

Since the start of confinement, the Ronsard school group has received between 25 and 30 schoolchildren a day, children of hospital staff, penitentiaries, Samu ... As of May 12, the school will accommodate kindergarten 34 children and elementary fifty.

Arriving in the classroom, which brings together students of different levels, Emmanuel Macron very quickly lowered his black mask with blue-white-red border to send a big smile to the children.

"Has it been all this time?" He asked the teacher. “At the beginning it was very stressful. We had to set up a routine. It's quite complicated, we're trying to bring together students of the same level, ”replied the teacher.

"Do you come to school every day?" "He asked the children after talking about football with a little boy in the PSG colors kit. "What do your parents do for work?" He asked another intimidated little girl. "What is barrier gestures?" He then asked a boy who recited flawless instructions to him. "I memorized the text," said the child with a smile.

The president then embarked on an educational exercise on the mask and its proper use. For several days, particularly strong concerns have been felt especially in the Paris region, most of the city officials refuse to reopen next week.

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Sunday, the association of mayors of Ile-de-France, including the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, publicly asked Emmanuel Macron to postpone the reopening of schools to a later date, denouncing a deconfinement "forced march".

But for Emmanuel Macron, this is an "essential step" in order to get the country back on track, after the confinement of millions of French people for almost two months.

"Volunteering, I assume it"

He had already specified that this return to school would be on a voluntary basis. During an exchange with elected officials, he was questioned on this subject by the mayor of Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, Toine Bourrat. This elected “a general climate of concern which hovers in (his) village” and says: “The parents live the voluntary service as if one carried the responsibility on themselves, she says. It's a real subject. "

"Volunteering, I assume," replied Emmanuel Macron. One would have said: it is compulsory, people would have said: it is out of the question. "

The president also mentioned the legal protection voted by senators for local elected representatives. "We must not give the feeling that there would be an amnesty for elected officials (...) I think we need to clarify the law, to frame things well. I do not want mayors to be threatened or worried beyond their own responsibility. We have to find a way, ”he explained before adding. "We are not far, I heard the spirit of the debates" in the Senate.

At the end of his visit, the Head of State must respond on the spot to questions from journalists from France Télévision and TF1, an exchange which may be broadcast on other channels around 1 p.m.

Source: leparis

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