France’s National Rally party proposes an initiative to protect families and senior citizens at the beaches of Marseille from rowdy youth gangs ahead of the mayoral election in the city. The idea is bases creating designated family-reserved areas on the city's public seafront to protect them from disruptive behavior. The core idea according to RN’s mayoral candidate Franck Allisio, is to allow families to enjoy the beach without having to put up with rowdy, antisocial youths and their noise, loud music, fights, thefts, shishas (hookahs), joints or illegal barbecues. Similar quiet or family-only slots at some public pools or parks elsewhere in France have been growing in popularity. At such times, disruptive activities associated with 2nd and 3rd generation migrant youth gangs are strictly policed. Critics from other camps interpret it more harshly: - Centre-right Republicans (candidate Martine Vassal) accused the RN of wanting “to ban young people from beaches.” - Left-wing figures (Payan and France Unbowed's Sébastien Delogu) called it "divisive" and a push for "exclusive spaces," contrasting it with their preference for fully open, inclusive public access. The RN frames it as reclaiming public spaces for respectable use, appealing to families deterred by rowdiness who now avoid city beaches for the Riviera.