It is a social network that he particularly likes, especially when it comes to addressing the youngest. Emmanuel Macron publishes this Wednesday, August 31, the eve of the start of the school year, a new video on Tik Tok. The President of the Republic denounces school bullying: “Do not accept anything. The problem is on the side of those who insult, who attack”.
“I do not want to accept that this return to school tomorrow is synonymous with ordeal”, continues Emmanuel Macron, recalling that nearly a million young people suffer from bullying at school. Recalling that two dedicated numbers exist, 3018 and 3020the president reminds young people that they must immediately talk to their parents and teachers about it: “Talk about it. We won’t let go”.
On August 23, the death of Jonathan Destin at the age of 27 recalled the tragic fate of children harassed in class and then sometimes via social networks. His story had moved all of France. In 2011, he had tried to end his life by setting himself on fire, living a real ordeal for six years, at school and then in college. The young man then published a book intended to break the law of silence and help other victims (doomed to kill meedition I Read).
The testimony of Jonathan Destin on France Bleu Nord
“You absolutely have to talk about it, talk to someone you trust, a friend, a sister”, insisted Jonathan Destin in October 2013 on France Bleu Nord. “Silence is worse than anything. You have to talk about it, don’t keep it to yourself”.