Frédérique Vidal came to put the students back at the center of the debates during a discussion with some of them in Poitiers.
But not far from the prefecture where the exchange was held, a hundred students and high school students gathered briefly shouting "Vidal resignation".
The Minister of Higher Education had come to announce that periodic protections would soon be free for all students.
An additional measure to fight against the precariousness of young people, hard hit by the consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Although students welcome the minister's announcements, she has not addressed their fears about psychological distress.
“There was really a real isolation of young people in general and it was psychologically complicated,” notes Maëlle Nizan, a STAPS student in Poitiers.
Several student unions and left-wing political organizations are calling for a new mobilization of youth on March 16 in France to obtain new measures against precariousness.
This visit of the minister to Poitiers, comes when she is embroiled in a controversy following her remarks on Islamo-leftism at the university.
On Sunday, 600 academics co-signed a forum in Le Monde to also call for his resignation.
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