The executive seeks the right tone to respond to the discomfort of youth

"It's hard to be 20 years old in 2020,"

acknowledged Emmanuel Macron on October 14.

Four months later, and despite the change of year, the situation has hardly improved.

Worse, precariousness is added to the anxiety of the future and more and more young people are swelling the queues for food aid distributions.

Devastating scenes for power.

“These are images that jostle me

,

”

admits Secretary of State for Youth and Engagement, Sarah El Haïry.

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Faced with this growing unease of part of a generation, the executive is looking for the right cursor.

In the political response but also in its communication.

"The President and the Prime Minister are concerned about the discomfort of the youth"

, repeats a minister.

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