Centers like Pontourney in Beaumont-En-Veron were to be opened in France as reintegration centers, and were to be set up in every region of France. But that will not happen now: At the end of July, officials said Pontourney is closing.
France Finds Answers to Radicalization Problem Elusive
- By Luis Ramirez
![Centers like Pontourney in Beaumont-En-Veron, where France opened a reintegration center, were to be set up in every region of France. But that now will not happen: at the end of July, officials said Pontourney is closing.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A7B58F19-28C1-4D96-9E64-4CCC3A30CD81_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Centers like Pontourney in Beaumont-En-Veron, where France opened a reintegration center, were to be set up in every region of France. But that now will not happen: at the end of July, officials said Pontourney is closing.
![Pontourney, an idyllic country manor set among vineyards, in Beaumont-En-Veron, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86407516-8E1E-4549-9D99-F570DF2AA297_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pontourney, an idyllic country manor set among vineyards, in Beaumont-En-Veron, France.
![Bernard Chateau, the mayor of Beaumont-en-Veron, France, said most people were of a spirit to say, "Why not, let’s try to do something" regarding the government’s plan to open reintegration centers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0CD3DF22-3A66-45E9-BF3D-4F81DBAA037D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bernard Chateau, the mayor of Beaumont-en-Veron, France, said most people were of a spirit to say, "Why not, let’s try to do something" regarding the government’s plan to open reintegration centers.
![Peace activist Latifah Ibn Ziaten, whose son, a French paratrooper, was killed in a 2012 terrorist attack, now lectures school groups. Ibn Ziaten says, "One must look at youth as the future of France. Today, a young person should be followed from nursery school to middle school. What is happening is the opposite. We are focusing on the middle school and by then it is a bit too late."](https://gdb.voanews.com/264334A5-6572-40E3-B3DA-455EF20B819D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Peace activist Latifah Ibn Ziaten, whose son, a French paratrooper, was killed in a 2012 terrorist attack, now lectures school groups. Ibn Ziaten says, "One must look at youth as the future of France. Today, a young person should be followed from nursery school to middle school. What is happening is the opposite. We are focusing on the middle school and by then it is a bit too late."