“Let’s give in nothing” in the face of anti-Semitism, writes Emmanuel Macron after the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Courbevoie

“Anti-Semitism, racism and all types of hatred damage each of us,” tweeted Emmanuel Macron. While a march against anti-Semitism began on Sunday June 23, in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), after the rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in the town, the President of the Republic spoke expressed on the social network “In this morning of march against anti-Semitism in Courbevoie, I think of this child attacked, beaten because she is Jewish, raped by other children. Elet’s duduce, let’s not give in, let’s punish”, wrote the head of state.

In the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron asked the Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet, “that a time of discussion can be organized in the coming days in schools on the subject of the fight against racism and anti-Semitism”in order to “that hate speech carrying serious consequences does not infiltrate there”.

Two 13-year-old teenagers were indicted and imprisoned on Tuesday, notably for gang rape, death threats, insults and anti-Semitic violence. A third boy, aged 12, placed under the status of assisted witness for the rape and indicted for the other offenses, was the subject of a provisional educational measure.

QA few hundred people gathered on Friday in front of Courbevoie town hall in support of the teenager. In addition to having aroused strong emotion among the French, this news item brought to the surface the question of anti-Semitism within the legislative election campaign.