All Swiss Primary School Pupils to Learn Second National Language
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EDITORIAL. More and more German cantons are planning to postpone the teaching of French. The Confederation does not hear it from this ear. It believes that a second national language at the primary level should be compulsory, for questions of national cohesionBetter prevention than cure. The Federal Council has convened popular wisdom to take up the emotional debate on national languages. It consults a bill called "preventive": it will only ente…
The Thurgau decided in April, Zurich and St. Gallen in autumn: French should no longer exist at primary level. Interior Minister Baume-Schneider sees Switzerland's cohesion at risk and wants to adapt the language law. Now the consultation has been opened.
The state government thus reacts to efforts by various cantons to remove French from the curriculum.
After various cantons want to abolish early French, the Federal Council now intervenes. This is a question of national importance.
All primary school pupils in Switzerland are to learn a second national language. This is what the Federal Council wants to achieve with legislative adaptations.
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