Why is the new school health protocol a disavowal for Blanquer

Parents and teachers find it difficult to navigate. Since the start of the school year, three health protocols have been announced by the government. The third was announced last night by Jean Castex, a week after Jean-Michel Blanquer’s statements. Matignon therefore took over the file. A disavowal for the Minister of National Education.

Macron admitted Jean-Michel Blanquer’s mistake

The Minister of Education is criticized even in his own camp and finds himself under pressure. Last week, the last-minute publication in the press of the protocol for schools ignited the powders, with parents taken aback the day before the start of the school year. It went relatively unnoticed, but during his interview at Parisian, Emmanuel Macron admitted the error of his minister in front of a teacher. “You are right, I give you the point. We need more anticipation,” he conceded. A week later, the protocols have continued to change and evolve and today it is Jean Castex who is stepping up to the plate. In Macronia, some see it as a disavowal of the Prime Minister for Jean-Michel Blanquer.

Macronie worries about teachers’ strike

And if Matignon takes up this file, it is because the executive feels the anger rising among the French. This weekend, many deputies who were in their constituencies reported on what was happening in the field: difficulty in obtaining self-tests and the inability to make an appointment for a PCR test near home, in some sectors. Another indicator that is far from leaving the strategists of Macronie insensitive: the teachers’ strike Thursday to denounce an “unmanageable” health protocol, which promises to be particularly followed. Three months before the presidential election, the executive, which is capitalizing on the management of the crisis, has no desire to lose points in this home stretch.