Launched in 2020, the “1 euro meal” scheme allows students on scholarships or in a precarious situation to have balanced meals at a lower cost in university restaurants. What is this device and how to benefit from it? We take stock.
In 2020, 43% of students gave up a meal during the day for financial reasons. To fight against this precariousness, the government set up on August 31, 2020 the meals at 1 euro in Crous restaurants for scholarship students. This device was then generalized during the pandemic and all students could benefit from it. Since last September, this system only concerns scholarship students based on social criteria, and non-scholarship students attesting to serious financial difficulties noted by the social services of the CROUS. An abnormal situation for certain deputies of the PS who have made a bill aimed at ensuring “a meal at 1 euro for all students”. On February 9, 2023, this proposal was rejected at first reading in the National Assembly by one vote.
Who has the right to the meal at 1 euro?
Since the start of the 2022 school year, meals at 1 euro have been reserved for scholarship students on social criteria, and non-scholarship students with financial difficulties serious cases observed by the Crous social services, in the Crous university restaurants. According to the government, since 2020, the year the device was launched, “nearly 32 million meals were served for one euro to scholarship students or identified as precarious by the Crous.”
What types of meals are offered for one euro?
This system allows scholarship students or students in a precarious situation to benefit from:
- A 6-point student menu in university restaurants (restos U) comprising a starter, a main course and a dessert (several choices possible) with a vegetarian option;
- A classic formula in cafeterias with a choice of salads, sandwiches, pasta, desserts, etc. .
To request to benefit from the meal at 1 euro, the scholarship student must make an online request by creating an account on the site izly with his scholarship notification. They can then pay for their meal using the Izly app or using their rechargeable student card. Students who do not have scholarships but are in a precarious situation must now make an appointment with a Crous social worker by logging on to the site. mesrdv.etudiant.gouv.fr