Schools will have to “systematically” report cases of harassment to prosecutors, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday.
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Invited to the Brut platform, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Tuesday June 20 the launch of a “interministerial plan” against school harassment from the start of the school year in September in order to “better prevent tragedies” such as those that occurred “these last weeks”. Among the measures presented, establishments must report “systematically” harassment cases to prosecutors.
For the head of government, the subject “mobilize parents” and it needs “act at the level of the educational community, lodge complaints and take action” For “that the complaint is well received and treated”. During this interview, Elisabeth Borne also confirmed that “it is the one who harasses who will have to change establishment and not the one who is harassed”.
The head of government also called for the awareness of the use of social networks. “Everyone must realize very early on” of these issues and “platforms must be forced to remove certain content” in particular thanks to the Pharos system. “In every application, we must have a button to report” these contents.