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Incest: MPs Create a Specific Offence and Extend the Definition to Cousins

On Tuesday, MEPs voted unanimously to create a specific offence of incest in the Criminal Code, with its own provisions and penalties. Until now, incest has been regarded as an aggravating circumstance of rape. The text also extends its definition to first cousins.

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Adopted within the framework of the "integral" law against gender-based and sexual violence, the measure also extends the definition of incest to the first cousins, while 7 million French citizens were allegedly victims.

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The National Assembly has adopted a historic measure to include incest as a specific offence in the Criminal Code and to extend its definition to the first cousins.

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On Tuesday, MEPs voted unanimously to create a specific offence of incest in the Criminal Code, with its own provisions and penalties. Until now, incest has been regarded as an aggravating circumstance of rape. The text also extends its definition to first cousins.

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estrepublicain.fr broke the news in Nancy, France on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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