French lawmakers
Coverage of French lawmakers in the Nexus archive.
- French lawmakers say state shares blame for chlordecone pesticide scandal
French lawmakers hold the state partially responsible for the chlordecone pesticide scandal. A demonstration in Martinique calls for truth and reparations for victims of the insecticide, which is accused of poisoning the French Caribbean islands.
- The school abuse scandals that have triggered France to weigh new law
French lawmakers are set to debate a bill aimed at protecting children and combatting violence in schools, drafted in response to the Bétharram abuse scandal. The bill follows a parliamentary investigation into decades of mistreatment at a Catholic-run school in southwestern France and ongoing probes in Paris into allegations of child mistreatment by non-teaching staff.
- France debates bill to protect children in wake of school abuse scandal
French lawmakers are debating a bill to protect children and combat school violence, following a parliamentary investigation into the Betharram abuse scandal. The scandal revealed decades of mistreatment at a Catholic-run school in southwestern France.
- France moves to repeal yet-to-be-abolished slavery law, Code Noir
French lawmakers are set to vote on repealing the Code Noir, a colonial slavery law never formally abolished after slavery was abolished in 1848. The move reignites debates about reparations and France's unresolved colonial history.