In a "historic step," according to French Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti, the French Parliament has adopted a law enhancing the protection of minors from sexual violence, as reported by "France 24." Commenting on the new law, the French Minister of Justice explained that "any adult offender can no longer invoke the consent of a minor under the age of fifteen" under this law.
After the National Assembly unanimously approved this law, which primarily originated from the Senate, Deputy Isabelle Florin described the text as a "protective and deterrent legal framework." Members of Parliament and the government rushed to tighten legislation in this area amid the emergence of high-profile cases, including the case of political science researcher Olivier Duhamel, accused by his stepdaughter Camille Kouchner of raping her twin brother when he was a teenager. Furthermore, Socialist Deputy Isabelle Santiago revealed shocking statistics, including that "ten percent of French people have experienced incest," that "a child is raped every hour in France," and that "one in five French people has been a victim of child sexual exploitation."
