The idea was simple: distribute educational booklets on the Olympic Games to primary school pupils, and at the same time, slip a 2 euro coin inside. The only problem was that no one knew, neither among the teachers nor on the union side.

The ministry never communicated about the operation, even to those first concerned. It's part of the government’s strategy to create buzz. There was that of salary increases, that of the return of uniforms, and now this,” breathes the trade unionist.