In a lengthy interview to mark the end of the political summer pause, the French president placed particular emphasis on the role of education. He sees this as the route by which he will accomplish his plan to “re-civilise” a “section of young people” following the recent unrest in the country. And he made clear that he regards education as his “exclusive preserve”, in which he will oversee and guide policy. However, as Mathilde Goanec argues in this op-ed article, the kind of policies that Emmanuel Macron wants to pursue are already outdated - and decidedly old school.
AnotherAnother minister, another method. Even before the start of newly-appointed education minister Gabriel Attal's first academic year in charge, President Emmanuel Macron has been spelling out the reality of the situation: the school is the president's domain, and his alone. “Because of the stakes involved, education is part of the exclusive preserve of the president,” the head of state declared in an interview last week with the weekly news magazine Le Point.
