In a long press release, the figure of France Insoumise Adrien Quatennens announced that he wanted to step back from his duties as party coordinator – but retain his post as deputy. In a “concern for transparency and appeasement“He decided to openly open up about his situation and regrets”instrumentalizationpolitics of the case that concerns him, the disclosure of a handrail for violence filed by his wife.
In a tweet dating from this Sunday, September 18, Adrien Quatennens, 32, explained his version of the facts. It all started when The chained Duck revealed in its edition of September 14 that the wife of the lieutenant of Jean-Luc Mélenchon had filed a handrail against her husband after a dispute arising from the announcement of his desire to divorce. The couple, married since 2014 and parent of a 3-year-old daughter, then reacted, jointly, by publishing a press release in which they confirm that a handrail has indeed been filed, but that the politician’s wife “demanded that the information not end up in the press“.
The LFI party and the NUPES having fought against violence against women, the position of Adrien Quatennens therefore quickly proved to be delicate, after the Taha Bouhafs or Eric Coquerel scandals. The deputy of the North and expert in political communication then decided to withdraw from his functions within the political formation and explained his approach in a long letter which wants to be transparent, giving the details of his long-time relationship with Céline Quatennens, the circumstances of their dispute and assuming the violent gestures he may have made – specifying that they may have taken place in a context of extreme tension and mutual aggressiveness – and for which he had apologized to the victim.
The manager thus acknowledges having “grabbed the wrist“of his wife, have him”took his cell phone“, but also have it “slapped”, one year ago. “I gave it away when it didn’t look like me and it never happened again. I deeply regretted this gesture and I apologized very much for it.“, he shouts.