Solothurn wants to promote non-violent youth

The canton of Solothurn wants to launch a campaign in 2007 to promote non-violence among young people. The cantonal council unanimously approved an FDP motion on Tuesday, as reported by SDA. The government has already reacted to various incidents of violence among young people and set up a "Youth Violence" working group last July. This group is to present the government with a concrete plan of measures for effective violence prevention by the end of March 2007. In the second quarter of 2007, the campaign for a violence-free youth is to be carried out in the form of a prevention campaign. The SVP, which is fundamentally opposed to "state-led campaigns", has agreed this time in view of the "weighty problem".