Mobilization of high school students, fuel prices, presidential election... Maud Bregeon's "8h30 franceinfo"

Maud Bregeon, government spokesperson, Minister Delegate in charge of Energy, answers questions from Agathe Lambret and Simon Le Baron on mobilizations, purchasing power, the presidential election..., November 2, 2026 on franceinfo. While the mobilizations and blockages of high school students continue, the government spokesperson assures that “anything that can be resolved within five, six months, we will resolve it”.

She cites "the projects opened in Parcousup, on the question of the organization of school times, of buildings which are partly a responsibility of the regions". “And then there are longer-term responses which will be presidential debates,” she says. “Protesting is a right but so is studying.

Therefore, the lasting blocking of educational establishments cannot be a solution. The government will ensure that classes can be held,” warns Maud Bregeon. “We cannot sacrifice the school year.”

The drop in diesel prices following the release of strategic stocks began to materialize in certain stations on Sunday. “This Monday morning, one station in two passed on the drop,” announced government spokesperson Maud Bregeon. The number of stations “will increase in the hours and days to come,” she says.

“We decided to sell 10 million barrels to distributors at a price significantly lower than the market price (...) three to four times lower than the market price,” she said. Distributors have the “obligation to pass on this reduction”.

“The objective remains a reduction of 18 cents” per liter, recalls the Minister Delegate in charge of Energy. Édouard Philippe says no to a primary proposed by Gabriel Attal so that the right and the center choose a candidate for the presidential election. “I am convinced that there is no match: Édouard Philippe achieves scores two to three times higher than his competitors from the right and center,” underlines Maud Bregeon, who does not see the point of this primary.

“We ask our potential partners to be responsible.” After the violence which punctuated the demonstrations of October 17, Édouard Philippe estimated on Sunday November 1 on TF1 that "the over-representation of young people from immigrant backgrounds" in the violence surrounding the demonstrations was "patent" and had pointed out the "failure of integration" for "several decades" in France "of young people who I consider to be French". “I believe that Édouard Philippe said out loud what many French people think quietly.

We have an integration problem in France,” adds Maud Bregeon.

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