During the transfer of power with Anne Genetet, Tuesday December 24, the new Minister of National Education, Elisabeth Borne, highlighted her “ability to defend budgets” to legitimize her arrival at Rue de Grenelle, even though, she admits, she is not “not a specialist” educational issues.
Two weeks later, the negotiations around the finance bill for the year 2025 serve as a test of the political weight of the former Prime Minister (2022-2024) in the new government situation. The number two of François Bayrou’s team said, Sunday January 5 on BFM-TV, “to fight” to avoid job cuts for teachers. “Discussions are underway with my colleagues and with the Prime Minister”insisted the Minister of National Education.
The “Barnier” version of the finance bill, presented in the fall of 2024, provided for 4,000 cuts in teaching positions – including 3,155 in public primary education – and 2,000 creations of student support positions. in a situation of disability. The motion of censure voted on December 4, 2024 made the project obsolete. The special law passed on December 20 is currently the reference. It renews the appropriations of the initial finance law of 2024 identically, i.e. zero creation and zero elimination of positions.
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