From its first day, Gabriel Attal's government has been the subject of a heated controversy. At issue: the Minister of Education, Sports and the Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, who defended the schooling of her three children in the private school Stanislas, a Catholic institution in Paris. Since Mediapart's revelations on Friday, she had expected to be questioned about this choice. However, she got her feet in the carpet during her first trip to a public school with Gabriel Attal, arguing that this family decision had been motivated by a "frustration" in the face of the "bundles of hours that were not seriously replaced" in the public.
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This triggered a wave of criticism in the educational community. "It's a form of social separatism that is consecrated," Socialist MP Jérôme Guedj told franceinfo on Saturday. Before acknowledging that one of his children had gone through private schooling. On X (ex-Twitter), the former Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, also expressed a form of annoyance. "Everyone has their legitimate reasons," wrote the former member of Élisabeth Borne's government. Let's just say that I was proud to teach there and that, even though I see that not everything is perfect, my children have amazing experiences in the audience. »
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