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From the strike in the hospitals to the grumbling against the pension reform, the social unrest that has traveled the country for several weeks could well complicate Emmanuel Macron's visit to Amiens, his hometown. The head of state will visit Thursday afternoon to the University of Picardy-Jules Verne, to dialogue with students, while a mobilization was set up in several faculties of the country after the immolation of a young man in Lyon, on November 8th. To have a little idea of the tone of the exchanges, Europe 1 interviewed young crusaders at the university of Bordeaux. All denounce the precariousness they experience during their studies.
"It would be nice for the president to put himself in the place of the people below, our parents can not afford us housing, or a computer, which we need to study properly," says a student. "Having a job next to you has become almost normal, but you do not always have the time."
Study with 500 euros per month
Many young people also denounce the complexity and the aberrations of the aid system. "My family situation has changed, and I am no longer entitled to scholarships, while, materially, I need," says another student. "In Bordeaux, rents are not accessible," says another. "Housing and eating ... with 500 euros of stock market, it's a bit limited."
Government excludes upgrading scholarships
General meetings were held in several universities this week to denounce student precariousness, especially in Saint-Denis, Nanterre and Tolbiac. Others are still planned Thursday in Toulouse at Mirail, and in Paris at the Sorbonne. The unions Unf and Solidaires want to maintain the student pressure on the government until December 5, day of inter-professional mobilization against the pension reform.
Tuesday, Frédérique Vidal, the Minister of Higher Education, announced the establishment by the end of the year of a phone number to promote access to emergency aid. However, it excluded a revaluation of student grants, as demanded by the trade unions.