New French government pledges ‘zero tolerance’ for sexual abuse

New French minister of solidarity Damien Abad (Michel Spingler/AP)

There will be “zero tolerance” for sexual misconduct by members of French President Emmanuel Macron’s new government, but the judiciary, not the press, will decide the truth, a government spokeswoman said.

It comes after press coverage of Monday’s first Cabinet meeting focused on a minister who has been accused of rape.