'We will go after aggressors': France to tighten incest laws, vows Macron [theguardian.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 1/24/217:18 PM

By Reuters, The Guardian, January 23, 2021

France will tighten its laws on incest, the president, Emmanuel Macron, said in a series of tweets on Saturday, after the publication of a book accusing a top French political commentator of abusing his stepson sparked outrage across the country.

Macron said on his Twitter account that France needed to adapt its laws to better protect children from sexual violence and that he had asked the justice minister to chair a consultation aimed at quickly making legislative proposals. “We will go after the aggressors,” Macron said.

[Please click here to read more from The Guardian.]

More information from The New York Times: Incest Scandal Sets Off a New #MeToo Movement in France.

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