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Fabien Roussel proposes 60,000 local agents and a one-billion plan

To support the mobilized high-school students, he proposes abolishing continuous assessment for the baccalaureate.

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Key facts

  • To support the mobilized high school students, he proposes abolishing continuous assessment for the baccalaureate.
  • Fabien Roussel, the PCF candidate, proposes creating, if elected, 60,000 local “police officers, gendarmes and customs officers” posts, notably to…
  • The candidate does not limit his platform to this component. He also proposes creating 500,000 civil service posts.

To support the mobilized high school students, he proposes abolishing continuous assessment for the baccalaureate.

Fabien Roussel, the PCF candidate, proposes creating, if elected, 60,000 local “police officers, gendarmes and customs officers” posts, notably to combat drug trafficking, according to franceinfo. He estimates this security plan at one billion euros.

The candidate does not limit his platform to this component. He also proposes creating 500,000 civil service posts.

Fabien Roussel is also responding to the current government’s response to the movement of university and high school students.

He also proposes restoring subsidies to social housing providers.

He also proposes a broad nationalization policy.

Dig deeper

Who is Fabien Roussel?

A member of Parliament for the Nord and national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), he is a candidate in the presidential election and puts forward a platform focused on public services and security.

What is the PCF?

The French Communist Party is a historic left-wing party, now a minority force, that defends state intervention, nationalizations and the strengthening of public services.

What is continuous assessment in the baccalaureate?

It is the share of the bac assessed throughout the year by teachers, rather than in final examinations; Roussel wants to abolish it to support mobilized high-school students.

What does “proximity policing” refer to?

It refers to officers (police, gendarmerie, customs) assigned to daily contact with residents, a model Roussel wants to revive, notably against drug trafficking.

Who are the social-housing providers?

They are organizations, often HLM offices, that build and manage social housing; Roussel proposes restoring public subsidies to them.

What is a nationalization?

It is the transfer of private companies or sectors to state control, a lever Roussel wants to put back at the heart of his economic policy.

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