poles in each court or special jurisdiction, a debate among parliamentarians

It was a surprise. 1^is December, during the parliamentary recess – day during which the agenda of the National Assembly is determined by a minority or opposition group – of the party Les Républicains (LR), the bill of the deputy of Lot Aurélien Pradié creating a special jurisdiction against domestic violence was adopted with the voices of the left. The goal: to get things moving and put pressure on the executive.

Even if magistrates and lawyers are skeptical, the left-wing deputies who voted for the text of their right-wing colleague believe that it had to be done despite its imperfections. “We had plenty of amendments that went in the direction of the creation of dedicated poles. But we had to withdraw them in the face of government obstruction, which was playing for time, explains the deputy of Bas-Rhin Sandra Regol (EELV). It’s not satisfying to throw away everything you’ve done. But it was that or no text. »

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Because, in the parliamentary niches, time is counted: at midnight everything stops. M^me Regol wants to be reassuring: the sacrificed amendments will be reinstated at second reading if the parliamentary shuttle continues on this text. The idea is to be as close as possible to the needs and to apprehend intra-family violence in a broad way, by integrating domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.

The Ministry of Justice vigorously denies having obstructed and prefers to defend the parliamentary mission entrusted by the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, to the deputy of Val-d’Oise Emilie Chandler (Renaissance) and to the senator of Yonne Dominique Verien (UDI). This mission is responsible for making proposals to improve the judicial treatment of domestic violence.

Good practices

“We decided to redo the entire route of the victims”to identify the key stages, confides M^me Verien. This ranges from reception at the police station or gendarmerie to support from victim support associations, going to court and taking charge of perpetrators. However, at present, they observed during their first hearings and travels, if good practices exist in certain courts, with interesting experiences that deserve to be replicated, there is not, for the time to “coordinated policy on domestic violence nationwide”. “What is put in place is on a voluntary basis, largely dependent on the heads of jurisdiction”we love^me Verien.

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