Pretty fired. The meal at 1 euro for all, defended this Thursday by the socialist deputies, failed to convince the deputies of the presidential majority. The fate of this bill was decided by a single vote. In a minority at first, the Renaissance, opposed to the measure, beat the withdrawal of its troops. In the field of government, we suppose.
Assessed for representing Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s “party of contempt” after this vote, Aurore Bergé, the patron saint of Renaissance deputies, defends “helping more to those who have less”, accusing her of “thinking that the children of deputies need”. one euro meal.
“We prefer to help the precarious”
Access to one euro meals is currently reserved for scholarship students or students in a precarious situation. The socialists, and more broadly the group of Nupes, demanded that the price of 1 euro concern all students. University precariousness has increased considerably in recent years.
At its highest point during Covid-19, student precariousness does not appear to be abating with rising prices linked to inflation and the energy crisis. According to UNEF, the main student union organization, the cost of living for students has increased by 6.47% in one year, which translates into an additional cost of 428 euros.
“We prefer to help people in a precarious situation and scholarship students,” Karl Olive, deputy for the Yvelines Renaissance, replies on Twitter.
The same story on the side of the deputy Benoît Bordat, who asks the rebel deputy Louis Boyard, a former leader of the high school protest very involved in the issue, if he believes “that with his deputy assignment”, he could “still benefit from a meal in €1”.
“We work on all issues of student life”
The executive has created a solidarity fund to finance 300,000 food shopping packages until the end of winter. The objective is to support local initiatives for the distribution of food aid, contributing to the financing of 15,000 food purchase packages per week until the end of March.
“Beyond the essential issue of restoration, we are working on all issues of student life, in particular thanks to the improvement of the scholarship system,” justified Sylvie Retailleau, the Minister of Higher Education on her Twitter account.
Many students ask for more, while every week thousands of young people come looking for food aid. Several unions and associations ask for the establishment of a monthly allowance or income for students. This proposal defended by La France insoumise had not finally been debated in the National Assembly during its parliamentary niche last November.
Source: BFM TV
