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5:17 p.m. : “Adrien Quatennens must resign.”
Madeline Da Silva, co-founder of the Observatory of sexist and sexual violence in politics, and deputy to the socialist mayor of Lilas (Seine-Saint-Denis), estimated on franceinfo that we “cannot, when one is a deputy, defend the general interest from the moment one is a violent man.”
5:11 p.m. : https://t.co/BPhxnWg4oh
5:14 p.m. : In his press release, the lawyer of Adrien Quatennens, Jade Dousselin, affirms that “these statements [celles de Céline Quatennens] intervene in the context of tense negotiations” caused by divorce. She also specifies that“no act of repeated violence or harassment, mentioned this morning by Céline Quatennens, has been retained by the prosecution”.
5:13 p.m. : The deputy La France insoumise “categorically denies” the accusations made by his wife, Céline Quatennens, in a press release published by his lawyer.
4:34 p.m. : “Adrien Quatennens cannot return to the Assembly. The word of Céline Quatennens must be hearde.”
Green MP Sandrine Rousseau has a very clear-cut position on the political future of Adrien Quatennens. “I think he can no longer be a deputy”she declared in front of the strained microphones at the Palais-Bourbon.
4:29 p.m. : The declarations of Céline Quatennens, the wife of the deputy LFI of the North accused of domestic violence, made react within Nupes. “Our duty is to say that we welcome his word and believe it”tweeted the boss of the PS, Olivier Faure.
2:27 p.m. : It is 2 p.m. a few minutes past, here are the main points of the news:
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•For the first time since the start of the Quatennens affair, his wife speaks. Céline Quatennens denounces to AFP “physical and moral violence” from “several years”.
• After the draw between Morocco and Croatia, it’s time for the second match of the day: Germany face Japan.
12:35 p.m. : Finally, the LFI deputy from the North had mentioned “another fact dated a year ago, where, in a context of extreme tension and mutual aggression, I gave a slap”. But he had assured that this gesture “never happened again”.
12:33 p.m. : For his part, Adrien Quatennens, in his press release published at the time of the unveiling of the case, had admitted having first “grab the wrist” of his wife during a first argument. Then he had specified that during another, she would have “bump the elbow” trying to retrieve his cell phone, which he had in his hands.
12:39 : “Over the past few years, I have wanted a divorce three times.”
Céline Quatennens, the wife of rebellious MP Adrien Quatennens, assured that “every time under pressure”she was “backtracking“. She also refuted to AFP any “context of mutual aggression”.
12:39 : For the first time since the beginning of the Quatennens affair, his wife speaks. Céline Quatennens denounces to AFP “physical and moral violence” from “several years”.