Overview

• Appointed on October 5 in the new Lecornu cabinet, Bergé retains responsibility for Equality between women and men and is due to step into the spokesperson role after the first Council of Ministers on October 6.
• A cross‑party working group plans to present priority measures for a comprehensive law against gender‑based violence on October 15, building on 140 proposals advanced by 60 associations and unions in late 2024.
• Timelines are tightening as the pilot for toxicology testing without a complaint in chemical submission cases has slipped, and hopes for early‑2026 nationwide rollout are fading.
• Feminist associations report severe funding pressures in 2025, with half cutting activity and €6.7 million lost, which they say leaves roughly 6,000 women without needed support.
• Bergé remains under judicial scrutiny for alleged false testimony about links to a private daycare lobbyist, which she denies, after being heard in the inquiry in June.