It was the marker of his anti-Covid strategy.
Since the start of the school year, France had not closed its schools.
This "French exception" was the pride of Emmanuel Macron and he would have liked to get out of this crisis without having to back down.
He will have missed a handful of weeks to succeed in this bet.
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Admittedly, this forced interruption appropriately includes the fifteen days of vacation and, officially, a return to "distancing" does not mean stopping lessons.
The Head of State was therefore able to ensure that these new emergency measures did not sacrifice education or the mental health of children and young people.
However, faced with the pressure of the epidemic figures, doctors and part of public opinion, the President of the Republic was forced to make concessions compared to his initial line.
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