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[–]Archie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is free (almost, about 20€ for a bachelor's year and 400€ for a master's degree). There is no grade requirement to enter too. Everyone who has our end of high school diploma (the Baccalauréat) can go.

However, this system exists for historical reasons. If it didn't already and wasn't extremely popular, only the most leftist politicians would attempt to create something similar.

[–]OrneryStruggle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hmm. Where I live there are very strict grade requirements for university programs, university is very affordable (not completely free but a tiny fraction of the cost of US universities), and this is not considered leftist. The country I come from, which has had right wing governments consistently for a long time and is considered very far right of Western countries generally, also has "free" university.