As this deadline approaches, several trade-union organizations are contesting the outlines of the scheme
The debate thus centers less on the remembrance of the armistice than on the annual, school-based nature of the ritual, on the symbols chosen, and on the place left…
Pierre-Louis Crescitz
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As this deadline approaches, several trade-union organizations are contesting the outlines of the scheme. They fear a form of indoctrination of young…
The debate thus focuses less on the commemoration of the armistice than on the annual and school-based nature of the ritual, on the symbols chosen…
In one of the frameworks described, the ceremony, lasting about thirty minutes, would bring together only class delegates, the borough mayor and…
As this deadline approaches, several trade-union organizations are contesting the outlines of the scheme. They fear a form of indoctrination of young people and the political instrumentalization of a day to which elected officials may be invited, a few months before the presidential election.
The debate thus focuses less on the commemoration of the armistice than on the annual and school-based nature of the ritual, on the symbols chosen and on the place left to elected officials on the eve of a presidential election already described as a factor of tensions.
In one of the frameworks described, the ceremony, lasting about thirty minutes, would bring together only class delegates, the borough mayor and parents of pupils.
The CGT Educ'action recalls that young people already take part"freely"in ceremonies organized in their municipality.