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The pension reform comes into force this Friday
Far from the monster demonstrations and the historic opposition of the beginning of the year, the pension reform comes into force this Friday, September 1, 2023 in relative anonymity. Fronde of the people or lull, what does it matter, very concrete measures on the pensions of all careers and French employees apply. Our journalist explains everything in this article.
A scrutinized start. “This is the first start of the reform of vocational high schools, and many advances are already taking place”, declared Monday, during the back-to-school press conference of the Ministry of Education, Carole Grandjean, Minister Delegate in charge of Education. Vocational Education and Training. To prove it, Emmanuel Macron travels this Friday with her and Gabriel Attal to the professional high school of Argensol, in Orange (Vaucluse). The stakes are high since one in three high school students is enrolled in the vocational stream (621,000 students at the start of the 2022 school year), and these students often have difficulties in French and maths. Courses in small groups, new options, bac + 1 course… The government has therefore provided the means by investing one billion euros per year for these vocational high schools in France.
Everything did not start so badly this Thursday in Monaco for Paris Saint-Germain. Resident of hat 1, the French champion was first entitled to Borussia Dortmund as the first opponent in his group F of the Champions League, when he could have fallen on Real Madrid, Inter Milan or even Manchester United, the terrors of the hat 2. Paris was less fortunate then, with AC Milan and Newcastle. It may not be the “group of death”, but Paris will have to apply. Lens, for its part, inherited Group B with Sevilla FC, Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven, and can dream of a second place.