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France sets age of consent at 15
Sex between adults and minors under 15 was already illegal, but only prosecuted as rape if there was proof of coercion.
The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill defining as rape any act of sexual penetration between an adult and a minor under 15, punishable by up to 20 years in…
- Jules Darmanin
- Politico
The move enforces an age of consent in a country where previous legislation on the matter was often seen as “ambiguous.”
Sex between adults and minors under 15 was already illegal, but was up until now only prosecuted as rape if there was proof of coercion through “violence, constraint, threat or…