The Minister of National Education wishes to fight more effectively against the introduction of white weapons to school. “I will quickly change the education code,” she said.
Élisabeth borne increases her tone. This Thursday, February 6, the Minister of National Education announced that she wanted to fight more dryly against the introduction of white weapons to school. A decision that comes two days after a teenager was stabbed in his high school in Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine), the 20-year-old attacker is suspected of “attempted murder”.
In the columns of Ouest France, the Minister of National Education was clear: “This is a problem that goes beyond school. Too many white weapons circulate among young people. This is a problem to which We face daily “. This is why, the former Minister made a radical decision.
Disciplinary council and reporting to the prosecutor
“By decree, I will quickly modify the education code: within the establishment, any wearing of a stabbing weapon will have to give rise to a systematic passage in the disciplinary council and to a report to the prosecutor via the Aticle 40. should not let anything pass (…) it was until then to the assessment of the establishment, it will now be systematic “. She also ensures “exchange” on the subject with the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau and the Keeper of the Seals, Gérald Darmanin.
This Friday, February 7, the Minister presented a layer at the microphone of RTL. “I am determined to ensure a school climate, this is the prerequisite so that students can learn with confidence,” she said. “Within the school, we started to exchange around the problem of violence among young people on which we are determined to move forward. The knives naturally have nothing to do within the school or A school establishment, “she said.
Prime Minister on the same line
At the end of January, the tenant of Matignon François Bayrou already invited the deputies to “seize (the) question of the port of white weapons”. “The idea that knives carried by young people are not the subject of any sanction, it also nourishes the feeling of impunity. I find that it is our collective responsibility and I invite all the deputies of all the Groups to work on this subject, “he launched a question session of the government (QAG) during a question session. Throughout French territory, between 2023 and 2024, the number of white weapons entered rose from 6,000 to 6,500 according to figures from the police headquarters. An increase of 9% in twelve months.