Overview
- Tens of thousands marched nationwide over the weekend, with organizers citing about 50,000 participants in Paris and additional rallies reported in multiple cities.
- Minister Aurore Bergé said a ready framework bill contains 53 measures to improve training, detection, prevention and sanctions, including legal recognition of coercive control.
- Provisions outlined include unconditional legal aid for victims, optional lawyer presence during medical exams, recording first testimony, mandatory explanations for case dismissals, expanded background checks for child-facing staff, and treating certain platform managers as pimps.
- A separate transpartisan “integral” proposal led by deputy Céline Thiébault-Martinez was presented after eleven months of work and 109 co-signatures, covering justice, policing, health, workplaces, schools and the digital sphere.
- Advocacy groups urged substantial funding, calling for about €3 billion and citing a €2.6 billion annual minimum, while reporting widespread cuts with 52% of victim-support associations losing public financing.