Domestic violence: emergency financial aid for victims adopted definitively in Parliament

This financial support of the State will be conditioned on a protection order, a complaint or a report sent to the public prosecutor.

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Parliament definitively adopted, Thursday, February 16, by a Unanimous Senate’s Unanimous vote , a text creating emergency financial support to help victims of domestic violence to leave the home. As soon as it is applied, this text “will immediately change lives,” said the minister responsible for equality between women and men, Isabelle Rome. The law must come into force “no later than nine months after its promulgation”, specifies the text.

carried by the centrist senator from North Valérie Létard, social worker by profession, the text was supplemented by an amendment to the government voted in the National Assembly. The “universal emergency aid” can thus be paid in the form of a donation, and not only an interest -free loan as the Senate had initially voted. “It is unthinkable that the victim finds himself in the position of debtor (…) because of the actions he initiates to protect herself,” said the minister.

This financial support will be conditioned on a protection order, a complaint or a report addressed to the public prosecutor. At least a part must be paid within three days. The aid scale, modulated as needed, must be specified by decree. “The amounts and the methods must be up to needs,” said M ^{me leatard for the minister’s attention.}