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"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…

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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…

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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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La Croix broke the news in on Friday, October 3, 2025.
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