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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rachel Obordo

French venues are in hot water for banning kids. Is adult-only a luxury or a necessity?

Two happy girls in goggles swimming under water
French government lawyers are looking into whether legal action is possible against places that exclude families. Photograph: SerrNovik/Getty

Hospitality venues in France such as hotels, restaurants and campsites that do not admit children could face prosecution under proposals for a crackdown that emerged this week.

Laurence Rossignol, a socialist senator, plans to introduce a private member’s bill to make it illegal to ban children from such establishments, the Times reported, while the French high commissioner for childhood, Sarah El Haïry, said government lawyers were looking into whether it would be possible to take legal action against places that exclude families.

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