“The role of education and culture in National Defense”, the subject could almost be given as is to a competition for army officers. However, this is the name of the parliamentary information mission carried out by Christophe Blanchet, deputy (MoDem) for Calvados, and Martine Étienne, deputy (LFI) for Meurthe-et-Moselle since November 2023.
This Monday, February 26, 2024, parliamentarians have opened a citizen consultation to find out the opinion of French people on questions of national defense and patriotism in a double context: the two years of the conflict in Ukraine and the approach of the 80th anniversary of the Landings and the Battle of Normandy.
Concretely, the questionnaire, which can be carried out in a few minutes, allows parliamentarians to assess the impact of measures that have existed or still exist: memories of military service, progress of the JDC (Defence and Citizenship Day), interest of the SNU (universal national service ).
A report and proposals
The parliamentarians’ mission will last until May. They will have to produce a joint report. “This is work carried out between an elected official from the majority and another from the opposition. We will have to provide a non-partisan vision and propose common improvements”underlines Christophe Blanchet.
The report will be the result of a long process: a little less than ten trips, around sixty hearings at the National Assembly, a citizen consultation… Summarizing the mission to a single question would be too complicated. The deputies seek to perceive what stirs or does not stir the patriotic fiber of the population at all times of life: from childhood to adolescence to adult life.
A patriotic journey built in class, during special days or through the consumption of films and documentaries. “When the Bureau des Légendes, the series on the DGSE (General Directorate of External Security), was released, the service was full,” remarks the parliamentarian.
A report like painstaking work to unravel what works and what does not work in creating this feeling of belonging to national defense issues.
June 6: a day of memory for students
Christophe Blanchet, MP, member of the National Defense and Armed Forces Committee, wrote to the President and the ministries on June 7, 2023, already in this patriotic, memorial approach. A letter to make June 6, 2024 a particularly unique and important moment for all students.
“I asked the question. How can we hope to have many young people at these commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when the ceremonies will take place on a Thursday and on Thursday, there are classesbreathes the deputy. The goal is not to say, we are going to bring all the young people of France back to the ceremonies. But the question is how we are going to allow all these young people to have this experience. I expect strong action from the ministries concerned.”
For the moment, Christophe Blanchet’s requests for June 6 and youth have not received any response from the various ministries requested.
2024-02-26 22:01:44
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