Overview

• The proposal substitutes references to All Saints’ Day and Christmas with seasonal labels such as autumn and winter breaks, citing France’s secularism.
• FSU‑SNUipp, the main primary teachers’ union, is reported by UNI and broadcasters to have introduced the amendment at the Conseil supérieur de l’Éducation.
• Student group UNI condemned what it calls an erasure of Christian roots and launched a petition urging the Education Ministry to retain the traditional names.
• RN deputy Mathias Renault denounced the vote in a video as an attack on national identity and said he will push during budget debates to eliminate the advisory council.
• The Education Ministry has not changed policy, and the council’s recommendation is consultative, with historical precedent noted as spring break replacing Easter in 1981.