The deputies rejected on Wednesday in committee the RN bill that seeks to make the use of uniforms compulsory in public schools and colleges, despite the support of LR for this text scheduled for January in the chamber.
It is one of the seven proposals that Marine Le Pen’s group has put on the agenda of its “parliamentary niche” on January 12, its day reserved for setting the agenda of the National Assembly. All were rejected on Wednesday in commission.
“The school is a sanctuary that must be protected from the centrifugal forces that threaten it,” said Deputy RN Roger Chudeau, rapporteur of the text on the school, citing competition among children around brand clothing and “ideology political-religious”. expressed by certain outfits.
Its text specifies that each establishment may set “the cut and color” of a “uniform suit”, at the expense of families.
Republican Support
LR deputies, who have already presented similar texts, have given their support.
A uniform would allow “a better integration of students who would no longer have to be defined by the clothes they wear and the ostentatious signs transmitted, religious or not,” said parliamentarian Maxime Minot.
Without being hostile at first, the elected representatives of the presidential camp themselves opposed the text. “It has to be based on serious work on the impact,” said Christophe Marion MP, whose Renaissance group has launched a task force on the issue.
Rebel Paul Vannier criticized a “clothing police” that targets “young, Muslim women,” would weigh on family budgets and create a “hierarchy between popular and luxury establishments.” “Our fight is the fight against social discrimination, not against differences,” added the Socialist deputy Iñaki Echaniz.
Pap Ndiaye hostile to the law
Education Minister Pap Ndiaye recently said he was hostile “to a law that would address and enforce school uniforms for all students,” while stressing that “nothing prevents” imposing one today.
Despite its rejection in committee, the text will be examined in the chamber on January 12, if time permits, since it occupies fourth place in the order of examination established by the RN, for its examination day, which must conclude at midnight.
The far-right group has also put on the agenda, in first position, a proposal aimed at “encouraging companies to increase net wages by 10%” by freezing employer contributions. Then, texts that request the suppression of the “low emission zones” and the right of visit of parliamentarians in social and medical-social establishments.
It also presents texts that propose establishing proportional representation in legislative elections and “establishing a presumption of legitimate defense” for police officers.
Source: BFM TV
