Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans,…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Equality in education is my number one battle.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Preventing children from going to school, and preventing teachers from doing their jobs, seems to be not just undemocratic but intolerable.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Teachers alone can't educate young people.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem