The absence of a ministry dedicated to Children, in the government of François Bayrou, had aroused anger and concerns among associations, professionals and many elected officials. Emmanuel Macron took up the subject directly by announcing the creation of a High Commission for Children in January. “Protecting young people is at the heart of my commitment. It will remain so for the next thirty months,” writes the Head of State on X.
Emmanuel Macron has thus decided to outsource this subject to protect it from political instability between now and the end of his mandate in 2027, notes the newspaper Le Figaro who first reported on this presidential project. The outgoing Minister Delegate in charge of Families and Early Childhood Agnès Canayer was not reappointed in the government of François Bayrou presented on Monday. This question does not appear in the title of the “super ministry” of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families headed by Catherine Vautrin.
Around twenty associations, united within the Dynamics for the Rights of the Child, denounced the disappearance of this portfolio when child protection is in “crisis” and child poverty is “increasing”. Actors committed to the fight against sexual violence, such as Face à l'Inceste and Les Papillons, have also deplored the absence of a dedicated ministry. In France, one in five children lives below the poverty line, and 160,000 are victims of sexual violence each year, according to the group of associations.
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