Cross -border cooperation
The elected officials of France neighbor dispute the exclusion of border students from Geneva
The Metropolitan Pole of French Genevans requests the suspension of the measure, taken without consultation.
Students domiciled in France will no longer be welcomed in Geneva establishments at the start of the next school year.
Enrico Gastaldello
On June 11, the Geneva government decided to stop, from the start of the school year in September, schooling Children domiciled in France in Geneva public schools in primary school and the orientation cycle. “This decision was made without prior consultation and undermines the balance and cohesion of our living area cross -border“, Esides in a press release the Metropolitan pole of French Genevans.
Its president and mayor of Annemasse, Christian Dupessey, judges this decision “brutal”, “incomprehensible” and “unacceptable”. He has been leading to “a work in close coordination with state representatives since to have this decision suspended”.
This decision affects 2,500 students and their families
All the elected officials of the Metropolitan Pole of French Genevans are mobilized against this unilateral decision “without consultation”, which has consequences for families Of the 2,500 students immediately concerned who must reorganize in the short term. It also has them for the state and local authorities which must guarantee the immediate reception of these students in schools, in colleges and, tomorrow, in high schools. At least, the cost of this Geneva decision would be 27 million euros per year.
“The Geneva government has therefore decided to refer to the immediate responsibility of the French authorities the charges of public equipment and recruitment of teachers of schoolchildren, college students and high school students hitherto educated in the canton of Geneva.” For elected officials from neighboring France, “this decision accentuates the pressure on the teaching system already under strong tensions in French Genevans, in particular due to the strong attractiveness of the Canton of Geneva and the cost of living.”
New exchanges in September
“A local decision cannot unbalance the position of one or partners within Grand Geneva, our cross -border living area. This situation is not acceptable. We were able to assert our position to the Geneva State Councilors present, especially on June 26, on the sidelines of our trip to Bern, ”comments Christian Dupessey.
According to the elected official, supported exchanges took place with representatives of the State, at the level of the regional prefecture, the departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie or the French Embassy in Bern. New exchanges are scheduled for September.
“I hope that everyone returns to the balance and cohesion objectives of which the Swiss and French partners have agreed within the framework of our cross -border cooperation bodies,” concludes the president of French Metropolitan Pole French.
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