“With this government, we are dealing with arson firefighters,” says communist Léon Deffontaines

The 28-year-old candidate for the European elections believes that the government is responsible for the situation, in particular by having reduced the resources of schools or child welfare.

“With this government, we are dealing with arson firefighters. They are responsible for this situation,” said Léon Deffontaines, head of the communist list in the European elections, on franceinfo on Thursday April 25, while the government is increasing its announcements to fight against minor violence.

For the communist candidate, it is necessary “more means” in order to “recreate, train the citizens of tomorrow”. The government has “considerably reduced social assistance for children” And “the means for associations, for educators”, he lamented. “They took away resources for National Education”, thus young people find themselves “left to their own devices”, he pointed out. “If the government wanted to revive citizenship and fight against delinquency, it is above all a question of means”launched the 28-year-old candidate.

While Gabriel Attal promised a “burst of authority” in front of the “juvenile violence”, the city of Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) has implemented a curfew for a period of one month “renewable” for minors, imitated by Béziers (Hérault) which resorted to this measure on Monday for those under 13. The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, promises to do the same in May after the Prime Minister’s visit to an experimental educational boarding school in the Riviera city. “Of course there is a question of authority, but that firstly involves respecting the professionals in the region”estimated Léon Deffontaines.

“Professionals are those association leaders who, today, are volunteers and struggle to make ends meet for their association because they have had subsidy cuts”, he mentioned. For the former leader of the Young Communists, “the increase in salaries of civil servants must be put back on the agenda, like the massive recruitment of teachers”. National Education “is the mother of battles”, he recalled.

The only announcement from the Prime Minister finding favor in the eyes of the head of the communist list among Europeans: the increase “time spent at school” for middle school students. “A good measure,” he notes, “ provided that it is used to finance outings, to allow homework to be done at school rather than being a simple daycare.” “All middle school students will be in school every day of the week, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.” because “During the day, the place is at school, working and learning”declared Gabriel Attal on April 18.