Overview
- RN MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy says a first version of his proposal exists to authorize brothels run as cooperatives managed by sex workers, though no bill has been filed.
- The plan envisions venues controlled by sex workers themselves, which Tanguy argues would increase autonomy and reduce exposure to violence.
- Tanguy says Marine Le Pen supports the initiative and that he is drafting the text with party vice president Sébastien Chenu.
- He contends the 2016 law that criminalizes buyers pushed prostitution out of sight and worsened safety for those who sell sex.
- Anti-prostitution group Amicale du Nid denounces the idea, and reporting notes potential resistance from conservative RN members, with brothels having been banned since the 1946 Marthe Richard law.