“The time for half measures is over. The time has come for France to initiate a revolution,” says socialist MP Céline Thiébault–Martinez (Seine–et–Marne). The latter presented her comprehensive bill on Monday to combat sexist and sexual violence against women and children, surrounded by six other parliamentarians from the left and the center, as well as the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet.
While the Lyhanna affair and the accusations of failure of the judicial system have won the political debate, “let’s not make it a partisan confrontation in these times of presidential campaign”, insisted Yaël Braun-Pivet. Because, according to parliamentarians, the subject “is systemic” and must become a “priority”. “We are not up to the task of what is happening in our country,” says Arnaud Bonnet, environmentalist deputy for Seine-et-Marne. “We must stop moving forward in silos,” adds Maud Petit, MoDem deputy for Val-de-Marne, who also calls on the Prime Minister to organize a “Grenelle for the protection of minors before the end of the year”, bringing together all the ministries.
Taking the fight “on all fronts”
79 articles long, the text “carries answers that affect all areas: justice, security, the home, associations, sporting activities, education”, because the fight must be waged “on all fronts”, detailed the President of the National Assembly. With regard to children, 160,000 of whom were victims of sexual violence in 2023, he proposes, for example, the creation of specialized courts in matters of gender-based and sexual violence, with specialized judges, strengthening of penalties, an annual confidential interview from kindergarten onwards to identify situations of violence or even the ban on any person convicted of sexual violence from carrying out an activity, whether paid or not, involving contact with minors.
Signed by more than 100 deputies from the left and the government coalition, the bill was tabled in the National Assembly in November. “I solemnly ask the government, the President of the Republic, to include it on the agenda of the extraordinary session in July or September,” declared Yaël Braun-Pivet, indicating that she had also contacted the Council of State for a legal opinion ahead of the debates. According to parliamentarians, France must take inspiration from Spain, which adopted a comprehensive law against domestic violence in 2004, supplemented in 2021 by a law considered pioneering for the protection of children.
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