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  • A group of parents filed a new appeal against the wearing of masks at school for elementary school students.

  • Saturday, several events are planned in France.

After being rejected by the Council of State in January, they now defer to the European Court of Human Rights.

A hundred parents from Pays-de-la-Loire, gathered together, announced that they had filed a new appeal on Thursday against the wearing of compulsory masks in primary school.

According to these families, the majority of Angers, the decision of the Council of State was taken "without their arguments having been materially studied".

For several months, the group Question masques enfant 49 has been denouncing a “completely disproportionate” measure, pointing to “physical discomfort”, “learning difficulties” but also “psychological risks” for children.

"We say that wearing a mask is dangerous in the long term for the development of this generation," said the collective's lawyer, Me Bertrand Salquain, during a press briefing.

These parents, who deem "unjustified" the saliva tests which are deployed in schools, call for a new demonstration this Saturday morning in front of the prefecture of Angers.

Other actions

Other gatherings elsewhere in France are planned this weekend and in particular in Île-de-France, where other associations are preparing legal actions.

In a press release, the Parents atterrés collective announces, for example, the filing in the coming days of an appeal before the Council of State.

"The tightening, in February 2021, of the health protocol in schools, is exacerbating tensions because it worsens and multiplies the serious prejudices that the obligation to wear the mask causes to certain children", estimate these families.

They will gather symbolically in front of the court on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. before a parade that will start from the forecourt of the Pompidou Center.

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