an in-between campaign marked by new accusations against Damien Abad

Tuesday, June 14, new accusations targeted the Minister of Solidarity, Damien Abad. “He is already accused of rape by two women and last night, the Mediapart site revealed that a centrist elected official accuses Damien Abad of having tried to rape her during a Parisian party in 2010. A testimony which, for the instant, is not accompanied by a complaint”, explains journalist Caroline Motte, present on the set of 12/13, Wednesday June 15. In a press release, the minister denied these accusations. Damien Abad came out on top in the first round of the legislative elections in the 5th constituency of Ain.

The Prime Minister was questioned on this affair, Wednesday, June 15, during a trip to Villers-Bocage (Calvados) in the context of the legislative elections. “Élisabeth Borne replied to a woman, I quote, ‘that she was only seeing, for the moment, anonymous testimonies and in the press and that she was encouraging these women to file a complaint so that justice could take up the case”, reports journalist Alexandre Peyrout, live from Villers-Bocage. For his part, Emmanuel Macron flew to Romania on Tuesday, then Moldova, where he arrived on Wednesday to meet French soldiers. He wanted to respond to Jean-Luc Mélenchon who denounced “his contempt for the second round of the elections”. “You will have to explain to me how coming to our soldiers is a form of contempt”said the head of state.