Blanquer's "Republican" outfit divides government

Emmanuel Macron had well sensed the trap.

Friday, when a schoolboy questions him in Condom (Gers) to find out what he thinks of the controversy over clothing in schools and the regulations that govern necklines and miniskirts, the president responds, half-amused, half-tense : "Ouch, ouch, ouch, you want to take me on all subjects.

I don't want to get involved in this subject beyond, we are not going to create controversies every week ”.

Before appealing to simple "common sense".

The Minister of National Education, him, will not have shown as much caution on the "correct behavior" in progress.

"School is not a place like any other, it's not as if you go to the beach or to a nightclub," argued Jean-Michel Blanquer on RTL.

Everyone can understand that we come to school dressed in a Republican fashion ”.

Republican?

The word sowed confusion even within the government.

"This vocabulary can twist the debate a few days before a speech by the president on separatism, this is not the time," ticks an adviser.

Another adds: “Blanquer, he seeks to pose as Mr. Authority of the government, analyzes an adviser.

It is pure positioning.

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"This freedom conquered by a hard struggle is priceless"

His line is, in any case, far from being shared by all his comrades.

Like Elisabeth Moreno.

"In France, everyone is free to dress as they wish," insists to the Parisian the Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Women have taken centuries to be able to 'free from dress codes.

This hard-won freedom is priceless.

"And to add:" It is also an issue of education for young boys, of the relationship they maintain with young girls and linked to the values ​​of respect.

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For her part, Marlène Schiappa greeted the so-called "September 14" movement on social networks, welcoming the fight of these young girls for "their freedom in the face of sexist judgments and acts".

"Argh," chokes an adviser, it is we alone who have lit the fuse of this controversy.

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