ESU and OBESSU (The Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions) organised a symbolic action today in Brussels in order to express their full support to the Italian movement of protestation against the educational reform and to their Member Organisations: Unione Degli Universitari (UDU) and Unione Degli Studenti (UDS). Together with ESU and OBESSU, the protest gathered representatives from Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL, Italy), members of the Fédération des Etudiants Francophones (FEF, Belgium), as well as several actors from the Youth field at European Level.
The delegation first met in front of the seat of the European Commission and proceeded towards the European Council Building where a sit-in was held. Afterwards, the demonstration moved towards the Embassy of Italy in Belgium, where an official letter was delivered to the Ambassador.
We want to express in this way our strong opposition to the “reform” approved yesterday by the Senate which foresees 8 billion EUR of cutbacks in the education budget in the next 3 years and will reduce the quality of public schools. Moreover we oppose the proposals by Minister Gelmini on Universities which will transform these into private foundations, opening the way for privatisation of higher education.
We support student rights, we support the Italian fight!
Some pictures from the action:
   
 
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