2023-09-07 11:57:00
The police prohibited passage to the neutral zone. Rue des Colonies is closed to traffic. Demonstrators who arrived via the Parc metro station are however in front of the building where the hemicycle is located.
Since the start of the new school year, all students in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation will regularly receive – at least twice a year – activities relating to education in relational, emotional and sexual life (Evras). All 6th primary and 4th secondary students will receive at least one activity. This concerns 85,000 pupils in Wallonia and 25,000 pupils in Brussels.
The French-speaking entities of the country have agreed to mobilize an annual budget of 4.8 million euros for this purpose.
The project is controversial. In a press release issued on Wednesday, several Islamic federations expressed their opposition to this text. An email action targeting MPs was also organized by a citizens’ group. They also demonstrate in front of the French-speaking parliament before the opening of the plenary session. Conversely, the Secular Action Center (CAL) expressed its support “more than ever” for this project.
Asked Thursday morning on La Première (RTBF), the Minister of Education Caroline Désir wanted to reassure. ““Our intentions are noble. We are obviously not going to encourage hypersexualization among young people, we are not going to create a sexual orientation or a gender identity, we are not going to give lessons in sexual practices. It is unacceptable to scare parents on this subject,” she said.
“We are going to vote on the text”, assured the PS deputy Philippe Courard passing under the boos of the demonstrators.
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