"La Toussaint", "christmas"... Where Does the Controversy About the Name of School Holidays Come From?
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At a consultative meeting with the Ministry of Education, a trade union proposed to lay the names of school holidays. The proposal triggered a raising of shields, fuelled by a petition from the UNI student organisation claiming the "Christian roots" of France. On Friday, October 3, the ministry said that it had "not accepted" this amendment. - "La Toussaint", "Noël"... Where does the controversy about the name of school holidays come from? (Poli…
Is it necessary to rename the school holidays of All Saints and Christmas? This is in any case what the FSU-SNUipp wishes. At a meeting of the Higher Council of Education (CSE) this union proposed, on Wednesday 1 October, to make changes to the school calendar 2026-2027. Changes that immediately aroused heated debate between the defenders of secularism and those who defend the Christian roots of France. Each year, families, teachers and tourism …
The union FSU-SNIPIP submitted to the vote of the Higher Council of Education, Wednesday, October 1, a proposal to change the name of the Christmas holidays and the Toussaint. This, in the name of secularism. A proposal...
On the occasion of a discussion on the school calendar 2026-2027, the Higher Education Council (SEC) voted in favour of a proposal by the SNUipp-FSU union to change the name of the holiday of All Saints and Christmas. The proposal disclosed by the student union of the right-wing Uni is controversial.
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