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France escalates crisis over Lyhanna Lecornu murder: protests, resignations and systemic failures exposed
France’s political and judicial crisis deepened on Tuesday as the Lyhanna Lecornu murder case triggered a wave of protests, legal challenges and institutional recriminations, with the government scrambling to respond to public outrage over systemic failures that allowed a suspect in a previous case to evade scrutiny.
At a crisis meeting in Matignon on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal convened senior ministers to approve emergency measures aimed at restoring confidence in child protection and judicial oversight. The move follows nationwide demonstrations on Monday, when more than 60,000 people marched outside courthouses from Paris to Toulouse, demanding accountability after the 11-year-old girl’s body was found in Fleurance, Gers, on 4 June. The suspect, already known to police since August 2025 in a separate matter, had not been flagged as a risk despite prior reports .
The government is considering making sexual offences against minors a potential life sentence and shortening deadlines for reporting such crimes, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin told France 24 on Tuesday . Yet critics dismissed the proposals as insufficient. François Roujou de Boubée, lawyer for Lyhanna’s family, accused the administration of “smoke and mirrors,” arguing that reviewing 70,000 outstanding complaints by 14 July was an empty promise .
Judicial staff in Auch, where the case was heard, escalated the confrontation by adopting a motion condemning what they called a “populist witch-hunt” stoked by “unchecked political rhetoric.” The text, obtained by *Libération*, decries a “public distrust of the judiciary” and pledges support for local prosecutor Clémence Meyer, who has faced personal attacks .
The crisis has spilled into the presidential campaign, with candidates under pressure to address systemic flaws. Alice Gayraud, a former member of the Ciivise commission on child sexual violence, urged protesters to channel anger into “political demands,” noting a rare convergence of child-protection advocates and feminist groups .
Meanwhile, the fallout extended beyond the courts. Activist and filmmaker Andréa Bescond, detained on Monday after a rally at Place Vendôme, was released without charges on Tuesday after prosecutors dropped the case for “outrage and rebellion” .
Grégory Bobbato, mayor of Fleurance, struck a defiant tone, blaming “ministerial chatter” for failing to prevent the tragedy and calling the killing a symptom of “societal failure” .
With a state complaint filed against the government and calls for Darmanin’s resignation growing, the affair shows no sign of abating. International observers note that the episode risks reshaping France’s electoral landscape ahead of next year’s vote .
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