“The start was not good, of course,” concedes Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, who does not intend to resign. The call for mobilization, “very followed”, the minister conceded, had been tabled on December 22, before her appointment.

The FSU announced a rate of 47% of strikers in middle and high schools, compared to 20.26% in the 1st and 2nd degrees advanced by the ministry. “I apologized, I explained myself, now let’s move forward”