Macron s'attaque à la psychomotricité, une profession tournée vers l'autonomie des plus fragiles

Speaking to L'Insoumission, Emma, ​​a student activist and elected representative to SUSIE (Sorbonne University Student Union – a member of the Student Union), discusses an alarming decision by Emmanuel Macron: the elimination of 25% of first-year places in psychomotor therapy at Sorbonne University. This choice jeopardizes an essential training program that supports the most vulnerable populations – young children, people with disabilities, and the elderly. Emma explains why this decision symbolizes the policies of public universities' financial disengagement, exacerbating the precarious situation of students and professionals in the healthcare and social services sector. With 65 out of 70 universities projected to be in deficit by 2024, the lack of public funding is leading to the elimination of places and the increasing privatization of higher education. Emma denounces the concrete consequences: a public psychomotor therapy program, essential but expensive, risks disappearing, leaving students dependent on costly private alternatives (up to €10,000 per year). A worrying trend that also affects other sectors and illustrates the destruction of public services under successive Macron governments. Faced with this destruction, Emma and her union are organizing: petitions, leaflet distribution, and symbolic actions on campuses to raise awareness of the situation. Since December, an entire profession has mobilized extensively to preserve higher education accessible to all and prevent profitability from dictating the future of healthcare and social inclusion professions.