France: One-euro meals for students

The measure is particularly harmful to socially disadvantaged students, warns L’Opinion:

“It may seem generous at first glance, but in practice it is destructive and, ultimately, unfair. There is no reason to celebrate the pseudo-social progress represented by the blanket introduction of 1-euro meals. … The outcome is already clear: a fiasco. This measure, with its whiff of populism, will weaken the very people it purports to protect: students who are dependent on government assistance. … The consequences of this artificial generosity are well known. Firstly: shortages. … Secondly: long queues. … Thirdly: a decline in the quality of service. Fourthly: a paradoxical redistribution of wealth in favour of those who are more affluent.”