Paris (AFP)
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Tuesday initial measures to help women victims of domestic violence, including additional accommodation and housing and the generalization of the possibility of filing a complaint in hospital.
At the launch of the Grenelle domestic violence in Matignon, in the presence of more than a dozen ministers and about 80 guests, including associations for the defense and assistance to women victims, the head of government explained that 5 million additional euros would be made available to create 1,000 new places of accommodation and emergency housing from 1 January 2020 for female victims of domestic violence.
These places, which will be added to the existing 5,000, will be divided into 250 places "in emergency shelters, to ensure immediate security", and 750 places of "temporary housing", for periods included between 6 months and a year, said the head of government.
Mr Philippe also announced the generalization of the "possibility to complain to the hospital". "When a woman goes to the emergency room for assault and battery, it is bad enough, and if she has to go home before filing a complaint, she will find her spouse who is likely to threaten her," said the head of government. This possibility will be generalized "from November 25", date of the end of this Grenelle, he added.
"We are experimenting with these emergency rooms so that the files are processed in 15 days with a better articulation of the different judicial actors.The first experiment will take place in Créteil," he said.
He also referred to a bill proposed by the LREM group for the effective establishment of the "electronic anti-rapprochement bracelet", including "before any conviction" in the context of a judicial review or a court order. protection.
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