Feeding the future of France: Rollout of €1 meals an attempt to help struggling students

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/feeding-the-future-of-france-rollout-of-1-meals-an-attempt-to-help-struggling-students

It’s a thumbs up from the country’s 3 million students, who can now buy cheap meals up to twice a day

This month, after a survey showed that almost half the student population were skipping meals because they could not afford to eat, the French government announced that €1 meals, previously means-tested and limited to students with scholarships, would be extended to all.

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Maeve@kbin.earth · 25 pts · 89d

Decent food and clean water are human rights.b

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d

Le Big Mac

quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -10 pts · 88d (2 replies)
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WR5@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 88d

I believe they showed a French person as the symbol.

Aatube@piefed.social · 4 pts · 88d

they just picked someone who needed the discount and agreed