Gabriel Attal’s high school immersion postponed to avoid overburdening police

The day it was supposed to start was canceled. The school immersion of Education Minister Gabriel Attal, which was supposed to start this Wednesday, has been “postponed.” not for an indefinite period “- reported Le Parisien this Wednesday from the minister’s entourage. This is “due to guidance from Internal Affairs that this period is too busy for police.”

This week, between the Rugby World Cup, the arrival of the King and Queen of England and the visit of Pope Francis, the police are in high demand. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin last week also asked government members to limit travel to avoid overburdening them. Starting this Wednesday, between 8,000 and 30,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized to provide security for visits to France by King Charles III and then Pope Francis while the Rugby World Cup continues. Test week, less than a year until the Olympic Games.

A tenant on Rue de Grenelle was to rent out his entire office for an immersion at a high school in eastern France from September 20 to 22. Gabriel Attal even planned to spend the night at the boarding school. His staff had to pair up with staff at the institution to discuss several topics, in particular school bullying.

Newly appointed Minister of Education, Gabriel Attal has been prominent in the media at the start of the school year, bringing forward several topics such as school bullying, as well as experimenting with school uniforms or even a ban on the abaya.