She is becoming more and more fragile. But Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, caught in a series of controversies after controversial statements on public schools, “is not thinking of resigning”, she said, Friday February 2, on TF1.
Asked about the guarantees that could have been given to her by the Elysée and Matignon regarding her continued employment, she evaded the question by emphasizing that “nothing is guaranteed for anyone”.
The start was not “good”
The day after a strike which mobilized one in five teachers, Amélie Oudéa-Castera recognized that her first steps at the head of a super ministry bringing together National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympic Games were not successful. did not go well: “the start was not good, obviously,” she declared.
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The day after an inter-union strike which mobilized one in five teachers, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra recognized that her first steps at the head of a super ministry bringing together National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympic Games were not did not go well: “the start was not good, obviously,” she said. But “what we have to look at is the way in which I have started to move forward three weeks ago,” she continued.
“I am not thinking of resigning,” said Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. On France 2 in mid-January, she nevertheless claimed to have already thought about it. “I am in action in the service of National Education” and “I want to contribute to the success of the school”, because “I think I have a lot to contribute to this action: method, dialogue, action of will and courage,” continued the minister.
Critics “touch me”
The criticisms against him made by the demonstrators in the processions “touch me” and “strengthen my determination to put myself at the service of the school and the success of all students”, she added.
Ella once again says she wants to turn the page on the controversy linked to her comments on “lots of hours not seriously replaced” in the public or on the schooling of her children at the Collège Stanislas, a private Catholic establishment accused of “abnormalities”. “I apologized, I explained myself, now let’s move on,” she said.
Promoted three weeks ago in the Attal government, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra crystallizes the discontent of teachers and their unions who had initially called to demonstrate on Thursday against the so-called “shock of knowledge” reforms launched by her predecessor Gabriel Attal.