In a TikTok video, the PTB invites secondary school pupils to contact them to organise a strike at their schools.
MR MP David Weytsman denounces a “call for civil disobedience by minors. An unacceptable and dangerous act”. He is calling on Minister Caroline Désir to act without delay.
Brussels MP David Weytsman says he is shocked and concerned by several messages from Redfox (PTB's youth movement) aimed at French-speaking students. Having already denounced the movement's website, where it is possible to join the PTB from the age of 12 in just 2 minutes, or sign up for summer camps or activist workshops on wearing the headscarf at school, he now notes that the PTB is going even further in its communication towards young people.
“In a TikTok video, Redfox addresses students and tells them that, as part of the launch of an anti-racism campaign, they can take part in workshops to get advice on organising a strike at their school. This is a senseless, unacceptable and dangerous act by the PTB. Politics has its place in schools. But propaganda does not. School is a place of knowledge and exchange, not indoctrination.”
David Weytsman will question the Minister about what is being put in place in schools to ensure that movements like Redfox do not intrude within school grounds. He also wants to know whether there are training or awareness programmes for teachers or headteachers so that they know how to react if they observe political action in their school.
“Some will say it's just a TikTok video, but right-wing or left-wing extremism must be fought all the more forcefully when it tries to contaminate our youth with its nauseating and populist ideas. Redfox specifically targets children aged 12 to 18, with no parental oversight whatsoever.”
The liberal MP is also firmly insisting on the need to set up a working group dedicated to examining a formal ban on all far-right and far-left movements that engage in politics with children under 16. “This approach aims to ensure the protection of young people against any form of political indoctrination that is harmful to their development and to the preservation of democratic values”.