Overview
- An 11-year-old girl named Lyhanna was found dead in the Gers on June 4, and investigators say the main suspect had never been prosecuted despite multiple complaints and reports of sexual violence against minors.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday that the 'loi intégrale' will be examined in parliamentary commission in September and debated in plenary in early October to fast-track reforms.
- The government committed to issuing decrees from July for 16 regulatory or organizational measures and to put six measures into budget texts to be discussed from October, with a meeting of parliamentary group leaders the week of July 20 after Conseil d'État and CESE review.
- An inspection into the handling of the Gers case found serious dysfunctions and the government has imposed initial sanctions on a magistrate and two gendarmes for failings in the response to complaints.
- The draft law, filed in December 2025 and spanning about 78–79 articles, bundles police, justice, prevention and victim-support reforms but campaigners warn the text could be weakened without clear funding, enforcement and careful parliamentary scrutiny.