Senator Max Brisson, a member of the LR party and an education advisor to presidential candidate Bruno Retailleau, has proposed in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche to "eliminate Parcoursup," the centralized university admissions platform that has faced criticism from high school students. Brisson, who represents the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region and sits on the Senate's culture, education, and communication committee, described Parcoursup as a "real black box," criticizing its lack of transparency. He pointed out that the selection criteria used by the platform are not made public, calling this opacity "unacceptable." In a report he submitted in 2023, Brisson argued that students and universities should be allowed to "define their own criteria" for admissions. He said it was "too late" to implement significant changes for the 2027 university intake but emphasized the need to act "quickly to increase transparency." He criticized the current system for relying on "mysterious data" from the ministry that combine high school exam results with continuous assessments and criteria influenced by algorithms designed to promote social mixing. Brisson also proposed that each university should have the authority to "define its own admission criteria and make them public," and that the baccalaureate, the French high school diploma, should no longer be a determining factor in university admissions. To replace Parcoursup, he envisions a new, transparent admissions platform where universities can independently establish their conditions. This platform would be accompanied by "real guidance for career orientation," ideally provided at the end of each school cycle. The elimination of Parcoursup is one of the key demands of high school students, who have been involved in a large-scale protest movement for three weeks. Gabriel Attal, the presidential candidate from the Renaissance party and the rapporteur of the law that created Parcoursup in 2018, has acknowledged the need to "evolve" the system. He suggested replacing continuous assessment with more final exams to ensure that university applications and selections are based on "an objective and national basis." During an appearance on L'Heure de Vérité on France 2, Attal described Parcoursup as "stressful" and said it "does not work as it should."