A decree imposing a curfew on teenagers under 13 comes into force this Wednesday in Nice. The decree applies to minors under the age of 13, from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., “during the summer period and at all gathering points throughout the city”, specified the mayor of Nice. Christian Estrosi (Horizons), in a press release.
“The fact that a child under 13 is at his parents’ house at night should not be the result of the will of a mayor. It should be the common sense of parents and the law. As common sense and parental responsibility are sometimes lacking and the law does not have the courage to take action, I take my responsibilities,” explained Christian Estrosi last week when announcing the measure.
“Facade policy”
This curfew “is more of a facade policy”, regretted the elected opposition member (Ecologist), Juliette Chesnel-Le Roux, reproaching Christian Estrosi for “the cutting of the school and housing budgets”. Such a curfew had already been instituted in Nice from 2009 but was abandoned during the Covid epidemic in 2020.
Not far away, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a curfew for minors under 13 has been in force since 2004. A ban which, according to the municipality, is “part of an overall policy” including other measures for youth. The towns of Béziers (Hérault), led by Robert Ménard, close to the far right, and Pennes-Mirabeau (Bouches-du-Rhône) adopted a similar measure last week. A curfew for minors is also in force in Pointe-à-Pitre, in Guadeloupe, for a “renewable” period of one month.