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Sunday, June 08, 2003
posted by gbarto at 4:07 AM:
French news update:Le Monde: Bac threatened by call for strike. That's the national exam that determines whether a note goes in your file that you attended high school or you actually get a certificate for your efforts. It's also like the SAT/ACT in that it determines if you get into college. And it is the most nervewracking experience a lot of French people will experience in their lifetime. The government, shrewdly, is declaring it "unacceptable" to put students in the crosshairs like this. The question is whether the government will take a hit if the exams don't come off or if it will convince the people that the education unions don't care about anything - including students - except their own agenda. This is a dicy situation for Chirac because it could prove to be for France like Reagan's firing of the air traffic controllers: a change in the balance of power between unions and the rest of society that sidelines the latter in a very real way.
Ouest-France: Will the Polish choose Europe? The fate of the referendum to join will be played out across the countryside, says Ouest-France. The last polls say it will pass with 54%.
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