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This Wednesday, during questions to the government in the Senate, the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti announced that he had "written a flyer" for "parents" to explain "in simple terms", to those who "would have forgotten" them, what are their obligations. This leaflet includes three "responsibilities" of parents.

The Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupond-Moretti announced Wednesday during questions to the government in the Senate to have "written a flyer" for "parents" to explain "in simple terms", to those who "would have forgotten" them, what are their obligations. This leaflet, consulted by AFP, includes three "responsibilities" of parents, which the minister had detailed in a circular sent Friday to the courts calling for a "firm response" against the perpetrators - including many minors - of urban violence after the death of the young Nahel.

Parents' civil liability

He mentions the civil liability of parents, "when your child steals, damages or destroys something (...), it is you parents who will be condemned to pay the reparations". They also address their criminal liability "in the event of breach of parental obligations". If, for example, "you do not intervene to oppose an exit from the home that could be dangerous for the health or safety of your child". Or if the parent does not ensure "compliance" with a ban on night out pronounced by the courts.

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Finally, the flyer recalls that parents have the obligation to appear before the court of their child, at the risk of being brought by the police, or being fined. It will be distributed in all jurisdictions to be given to parents whose children are brought to justice, as well as in police stations and gendarmeries, said the Chancellery. The executive insists since Friday on the "responsibility of parents", the head of state Emmanuel Macron saying he wants to "better accompany, better empower and sometimes better sanction" the parents of children perpetrators of violence.

The idea of sanctioning the supposed laxity of parents, defended by some politicians, is denounced as "simplistic" by elected officials, magistrates or family associations who argue that society is less and less at the side of families, because of the saturation of the devices intended to help them, social workers, juvenile judges and maternal and child protection.