Overview
- During an exchange in Mirecourt, Emmanuel Macron said he wants phones barred in senior high schools starting with the 2026–27 school year.
- Education minister Édouard Geffray is studying how to implement the policy, as a separate bill by deputy Laure Miller to extend the ban has already been filed.
- France’s 2018 law already outlaws phones from nursery through collège, and a “portable en pause” regime was generalized in collèges at the 2025 rentrée.
- Macron also asked the government to deliver by year‑end an emergency court procedure to remove false or dignity‑attacking content from social networks, targeting decisions within about 48 hours.
- He reiterated support for a digital majority at 15 and floated tighter rules on paid political ads online, while teachers and students questioned feasibility, costs for lockers or pouches, and likely circumvention.