Emmanuel Macron does not frequently use TikTok.
Except when it comes to talking to the younger generation.
In a video of almost three minutes published on the favorite social network of teenagers, the President of the Republic films himself at the Élysée and addresses his listeners.
To those who will return to school on Thursday.
Objective: to prevent and fight against school and digital bullying.
Staging the torrents of insults that some young people can receive on their smartphones, Emmanuel Macron affirms that “
too many (
students)
(…).
heard them at school, experience them on a daily basis.
"
And when it's over at school, it goes back to social networks,
" insists the head of state.
Read alsoEmotion after the death of Jonathan Destin, “symbol of the fight against school bullying”
The opportunity to speak directly to these young people: “
These threats, these insults, what makes your life impossible has a name, it is harassment.
“Faced with this challenge of recent years, Emmanuel Macron”
does not want the start of the school year to be synonymous with ordeal.
“And”
that for far too many of (them), a million (…), going back to school means finding these injustices, this daily violence and an impossible life.
A way also for the President of the Republic to humanize this fight by quoting the letters and testimonies of "
Nelson, Anissa or Hugo
" and to affirm it: "
We act with all the teachers and those who do what is necessary to educate you
".
If Emmanuel Macron wants to better train this staff in the face of this scourge, he also does not forget the associations, the application and the number “3018” which make it possible to denounce a situation of harassment.
@emmanuelmacron original sound - Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron also wishes to be reassuring with regard to these young people by pushing them to be offensive against their critics.
“Do not accept anything.
The problem is on the side of those who insult you, who attack you, who make your life impossible.
(...).
It is you who are within your rights, it is you who must be helped to make you respected.
And so, we will not give up anything, ”
continues the host of the Elysée in a voluntarist tone.
Which launches a last appeal: “
You are not alone.
(...).
Talk it over.
Report it.
(...).
I count on you, and you can count on me, on us.
»