In front of the dark green fence that separates them from the playground, a man and a woman are talking.
“Do you know what the uniform looks like?
», asks Jonathan.
Amandine shakes her head.
“Why do they want to put this in place?
It's weird, it feels a bit dictatorial.
At the same time, they’re still clothes, why not…” hesitates the father.
He exhales loudly, looking sheepish: “I have mixed feelings.
» “Ah, I'm against it,” says Amandine bluntly, brown hair tinged with red streaks.
They say that it would solve harassment, you mean it!
Overweight kids will no longer be able to hide behind the clothes of their choice, the teasing risks getting worse,” she argues, while waiting for her CE1 boy after school.
At the Trait-d'Union school in Florange (Moselle), the largest in the city, the consultation on wearing the single outfit ended in a split: 153 parents voted for, 152 against.
The divide does not really surprise politicians.
“There is a contradiction among the public in this sector,” comments Mayor (DVD) Rémy Dick.
“In local elections, we vote RN, but in national elections, it is LFI which comes first.
» Located 1 km from the former ArcelorMittal blast furnaces, this central district is home to a large part of the city's social housing.
“Historically, cultural diversity is greater there than elsewhere,” notes socialist Philippe Tarillon, former town councilor and current opposition municipal councilor.
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