PARIS (AP) Under unprecedented public pressure, Frances government pledged Monday to seize firearms from abusive spouses and better train police as part of a broad national plan to reduce the number of women killed by their partners.
Such killings happen around the world, every day, so common that they go largely ignored at least until now, French activists hope. France has among the highest domestic violence rates in Europe, which President Emmanuel Macron has described as Frances shame.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveiled several dozen measures Monday to tackle the problem, including electronic bracelets for abusers and 1,000 new places in shelters for battered women.