After a new fatal brawl involving a minor during the weekend, Gabriel Attal must begin, Monday April 29, his consultations with political groups around his proposals intended to stem the violence of part of the youth. The Prime Minister will first receive the leader of the deputies of La France insoumise (LFI), Mathilde Panot, and the coordinator of the “insoumis” movement, Manuel Bompard, at 5:30 p.m., according to Matignon.
The interview will focus “in particular [on] the responses to be made in terms of prevention and management of juvenile delinquency”. He will then meet at 7 p.m. with the representatives of the majority: the leader of the Renaissance senators, François Patriat, that of the Renaissance deputies, Sylvain Maillard, the president of the Horizons group in the Assembly, Laurent Marcangeli, and the deputy Erwan Balanant for the MoDem group.
These consultations must be the subject of a progress update in four weeks and a conclusion in two months. They take place just after the death of a 15-year-old minor in Châteauroux (Indre), Saturday evening, following a fight with knives, and several recent incidents of violence between young people which have strongly marked the opinion, such as the fatal beating of Shemseddine, 15, attacked as he left his college in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne), on April 4.
Series of measures announced last week
The alleged perpetrator of the acts in Châteauroux, also aged 15, was arrested and must be brought before court on Monday. The fact that he is “of Afghan origin”, according to a source close to the investigation, led several figures from the right and the far right to denounce the government’s “migratory policy”. A recurring criticism from this side of the chessboard in the European campaign, for which the Macronist majority is currently largely behind the National Rally (RN) in the polls.
“This is a new drama linked to our migration policy,” said on X the president and head of the far-right party list in the European elections, Jordan Bardella, who will in turn be received by Gabriel Attal on Thursday at noon according to the MEP’s agenda. “No tolerance, it’s prison and the plane! », added the president of the Republicans (LR), Eric Ciotti, still on
Gabriel Attal had already received the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, on Friday on the same theme, after having lunch on Tuesday with mayors of cities hit by the riots in the summer of 2023 which had involved adolescents. From Viry-Châtillon, the head of government announced on April 19 a series of measures to deal with the “addiction to violence” of certain young people.
In particular, he had wanted disruptive students to be “sanctioned” in obtaining their school diplomas, making the erasure of this mention conditional on “carrying out activities of general interest and, of course, keeping oneself in line.” . On the judicial side, he said he was ready to open the debate on “mitigations of the minority excuse” in criminal convictions and on the possibility of “establishing an immediate appearance before the court for young people from of 16 years.” He also insisted on parental responsibility.
Gabriel Attal also went to Nice on Monday, illustrating the “prevention” aspect of his project by visiting an experimental educational boarding school.
