FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a news conference to unveil his policy response to the yellow vests protest, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to scrap the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, training ground for the country's ruling elite, was criticised by school alumni on Friday, while others saw an opportunity to fix a despised symbol of inequality.
ENA, founded in 1945 by former leader Charles de Gaulle to train postwar administrators drawn from across all social classes, has been criticised in recent decades for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
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