This Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Brigitte Macron went to the Star Academy castle for a visit to the students at the Dammaries-les-Lys castle. And if the first lady made the trip, it is above all to campaign against school bullying, her husband having decided to make it a national fight. The day after this meeting, Emmanuel Macron has just spoken on the subject.
Brigitte Macron arrives at the Star Academy castle
The figures regarding school bullying are chilling. Thus, to raise awareness among the educational community of the phenomena of harassment between students, the national anti-bullying day is organized each year in November.
This day, which takes place each year on the first Thursday following the All Saints' Day school holidays, is an opportunity to recall how prevention and the fight against harassment are fundamental to allowing students to have a fulfilling education within the framework of priority given to well-being.
It is in this context that Brigitte Macron, who actively fights against school bullying, went this Tuesday, November 5, 2024 to the Star Academy castle to meet the students. The first lady did not fail to mention her fight to the candidates, which pushed Emma, a victim of school bullying, to talk about her painful past.
Emmanuel Macron makes a statement
The day after Brigitte Macron's appearance on the show, her husband, Emmanuel Macron, spoke. “Insults, mockery, violence. This is the daily life of one in ten young people, at school and on social networks. I'm talking to you about a scourge, harassment. I'm talking to you about lives that are gradually cut off from others , broken destinies, stolen childhoods, stomach upset during classes, intimate dramas, loneliness, shame. he said on X (formerly Twitter).
And the President of the Republic added: “But the shame is the harassment. Since 2017 I have made this cause, the fight against harassment at school, a cause that obliges me. This has resulted in measures: We launched on 30 18, a free number and mobile application to report harassment and receive support. We must talk about it again and again, make it known to everyone..
A strong message which completes and therefore supports his wife's fight to stop all forms of harassment.
