France: Macron Faces Backlash Over U-Turn On Legal Definition Of Rape

France: Macron Faces Backlash Over U-Turn On Legal Definition Of Rape

Eurasia Review

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By Clara Bauer-Babef 

(EurActiv) — In a video seen by AFP on Wednesday (13 March), French President Emmanuel Macron said he was in favour of including the notion of consent in the criminal definition of rape – a significant U-turn, given that France opposed the idea in an EU directive in February.

On 8 March, to...

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