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Candidate for Frances 2027 presidential election for the left-wing Socialist party (PS) and First secretary Olivier Faure (C) takes part in a protest against sexual violence on the day of the examination by a special committee of the National Assembly of a Bill for the protection of women and children, in front of France's Justice ministry at Place Vendome central Paris on September 7, 2026. The full bill, whose objective is to cover the entire chain of violence, from prevention and the identification of victims to the sentencing of perpetrators, reworked this summer after the opinion of the Council of State, and will be discussed at the National Assembly and amended by deputies, before its examination in public session in early October. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)