Clémentine Autain criticises police response and questions funding for violence law

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  Clémentine Autain criticised the government and police response to student demonstrations in an interview with franceinfo on 11 October 2026.

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  She said police action during the demonstrations was not proportionate and called for investigations of police to be independent of the police.

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  Autain also questioned how measures in a proposed law against gender-based and sexual violence would be funded.

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  She said the bill provided for “no new budget allocation, zero” and argued that a framework law with budget planning was needed.

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  The bill was due to be put to a vote in the National Assembly on 13 October.

Who

Clémentine Autain, a member of the Ecologist and Social group in the National Assembly and co-founder of L'Après.

What

She criticised the police response to student demonstrations and raised concerns about funding for a proposed law against gender-based and sexual violence.

When

She spoke on 11 October 2026. The bill was due for a vote on 13 October.

Where

On franceinfo’s “8h30 franceinfo” programme.

Why

She said the police response was not proportionate and that the bill lacked new budget funding and long-term budget planning.

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