“Are you from the same family as Macron? “… When college students question Gabriel Attal

2023-09-08 18:13:12

A Lyon,

“Are you part of the same family as Macron? Because you look like him! » Came, Friday morning, to the Gilbert-Dru college in Lyon (3rd arrondissement) to attend a civic and moral education course devoted to the theme « What does it mean to be French? “Gabriel Attal was probably not expecting this question.

“Oh well, this is the first time anyone has said that to me! », the minister is surprised, a little sheepish, keeping his hands crossed behind his back. “I don’t look much like him. Maybe because I have a suit? », he bounces back. “No, the face too,” smiles the schoolgirl, sitting at the back of the class. “The face too… ah yes, laughs the person concerned before leaning on the teacher’s desk. No, I’m not from his family but I work with him. I am in his government. »

The weight of schoolbags and haircuts

” What are your projects ? », asks another schoolgirl just as seriously. “Strengthen French and mathematics for your 6th grade classmates. They will do an extra hour of mathematics and French every week, instead of the hour of technology,” he replies.

“Are you going to divide the weight of the schoolbags,” asks a young boy, sitting in the front rows. “Yes, you are well informed. I find that the schoolbags are still very heavy,” he shows, with a gesture to support this.

But on the doorstep, as he is about to leave the classroom, a shy boy calls him politely. “I have one more question to ask you. Is it true that you are going to ban degraded cuts? Astonished, Gabriel Attal repeats the question to those who could not hear him, before smiling. “It’s a rumor launched by a parody media called Le Gorafi. I never planned to disallow gradients. What you need to learn, when you see information on social networks, even if sometimes it seems to come from a serious newspaper or site, is to always check. And that, your teachers can explain it to you. »

“No, there is therefore no project to ban shades if that reassures you”, laughs Gabriel Attal one last time, having finally dodged any questions concerning secularism and the wearing of the abaya.