Sociologist Louis Chauvel, professor at the University of Luxembourg, warns that young people, after having long stood in solidarity with their elders, are on the verge of rupture due to long months of confinement.
He fears phenomena of violence in the weeks to come, and from December 31.
"Young people have only one desire, it is to go out, party, drink, kiss ... live what!"
The report is signed by the sociologist Louis Chauvel, invited Wednesday morning from Europe 1. A few hours before Christmas Eve on December 31, the authorities fear violence, and the professor at the University of Luxembourg is not necessarily reassuring.
"It is clear that a youth who has remained locked up for so long risks coming out suddenly," he warns.
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Because after long less confinement, due to the coronavirus epidemic, Louis Chauvel describes a youth long in solidarity with his elders, but today on the verge of rupture.
"It is true for the 31st because it is the topicality. But we do indeed risk, in the months to come, to encounter a large number of situations of riots and street violence. Because it is the natural logic of exit from this type of crisis ", analyzes the sociologist.
"The difficulties encountered can only increase the risks of violence"
"We saw it in Chile three months ago: the Chilean spring was marked by extremely strong street violence", continues Louis Chauvel to support his point.
And the Black Lives Matters movement in the northern hemisphere last June, this summer in Minnesota and even on Fifth Avenue in New York City, saw violence, riots and looting. "
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"We can therefore fear that indeed these consequences are the normal consequences of the confinement of young people as we know it today", concludes the expert.
"This is not to judge, it is simply to note that the difficulties encountered can only increase the risks of violence, in particular street violence, but also of other kinds."