French PM seeks 'jolt of authority' in bid to tame violent teenagers
France, April 18 -- French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has called attention to youth violence on his 100th day in office, laying plans for a "jolt of authority" in the face of what he says is increasing disregard by teenagers.
Attal marked his 100th day as PM with a speech in Viry-Chatillon, the southern Paris suburb where a 15-year-old boy was beaten to death two weeks ago outside his middle school.
It was the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren by their peers.
"What is needed is a jolt of authority. We are ready to give it," Attal said, accompanied by Education Minister Nicole Belloubet and Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti.
Common rules were too often defied by a minority of adolescents, Attal added as he repeated a...
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