Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu presented emergency child protection measures on June 9, four days after the body of 11-year-old Lyhanna was found in Gers — the suspect had had two prior rape complaints dropped against him. The proposals include life imprisonment for serial rapists (replacing the current 20-year maximum), a three-month mandatory investigation deadline for child abuse cases, and a review of all 70,000 pending child sexual abuse complaints by July 14. More than 60,000 protesters marched across France on Monday evening as Justice Minister Darmanin acknowledged "overwhelming failings" but ruled out resignation.

French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin on June 8 ordered prosecutors to review all 70,000 pending child sexual abuse complaints by July 14, prioritizing cases where the victim is still a minor. The directive follows the Lyhanna case, which exposed serious failures in the justice system. Magistrates and unions warn the deadline risks rushed work and neglect of other cases.

The French Senate on June 9 adopted a heavily amended version of the update to the 2024-30 Military Programming Law by 297 votes to 33, stripping out the government's proposed 36-billion-euro spending increase. The upper house instead approved an amendment adding 14 billion euros, which the government had rejected as unsustainable. The text now heads to a joint parliamentary committee, with the National Assembly holding the final say if no compromise is reached.

Senator Laurence Rossignol criticized Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin's circular ordering prosecutors to prioritize child sexual abuse cases, arguing that prosecutors are overwhelmed with conflicting priority directives. She highlighted a 2022 justice inspectorate report that already documented the systemic issues, and pointed to a lack of psychological experts and a societal tendency to side with perpetrators.

Major SNCF unions have called a 24-hour strike on June 10, 2025, over wages and the restructuring of the state railway company due to market liberalization. The strike is the first major social test for new SNCF CEO Jean Castex. Unions oppose the creation of subsidiaries to compete for regional contracts, fearing loss of worker benefits and conditions.

Karim Bouamrane, the Socialist mayor of Saint-Ouen, announced his candidacy for the 2027 French presidential election on France Inter. Positioning himself as a unifying figure for the non-Mélenchon left, he aims to break the projected runoff between Jordan Bardella and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Bouamrane is in open conflict with La France Insoumise and opposes a left-wing primary.

The municipality of Castres, France, now led by the far-right National Rally (RN) party, cancelled a scheduled performance of Alexis Michalik's play 'Passeport', which tells the story of an Eritrean migrant. The playwright denounced the decision as an ideological attack on artistic freedom. The mayor justified the cancellation by citing a change in majority and the absence of a signed contract.

France announced three new 'strong protection' marine zones in mainland France, Guadeloupe, and the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, bringing 14.68% of its waters under strict protection. This advances its UN Ocean Summit pledge to reach 14.8% by end of 2025, alongside an action plan against plastic pollution.