Deputy Adrien Quatennens is reinstated within the group La France insoumise, after his conviction for domestic violence

The deputy from the North had been excluded on December 13, 2022 for four months. His reinstatement was also conditional on his participation in an awareness-raising course on sexist and sexual violence with a feminist association.

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Deputy Adrien Quatennens on April 4, 2023 at the National Assembly.  (VIRGINIA HAFFNER / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

“Ihe conditions for the reinstatement of Adrien Quatennens are met.” The deputies of La France insoumise (LFI) spoke out on Tuesday, April 11, in favor of the reinstatement in their parliamentary group of the deputy of the North Adrien Quatennens, suspended for four months after his conviction for violence against his ex-companion, according to a press release from the LFI group consulted by franceinfo. “There was a vote. The decision is to reinstate Adrien Quatennens”told AFP the LFI deputy for Seine-Maritime, Alma Dufour.

The return of Adrien Quatennens to LFI was conditioned “follow-up of an internship of accountability with feminist associations”the statement said. “It emerges from the exchanges with Adrien Quatennens that the latter is engaged in an internship, in the process of being finalized, meeting the expected criteria. During these exchanges, Adrien Quatennens stated that he regretted the media expressions he had following his conviction”, continues the press release, which adds that Adrien Quatennens “undertook to continue the work”, “started in recent months”.

The deputy of the North will return Thursday in the ranks of the Insoumis, specifies the entourage of Jean-Luc Mélenchon to France Inter. Since that day, Adrien Quatennens “cwill continue as he has done since his return to the hemicycle to defend his texts and amendments within the framework of the LFI group”, adds the entourage of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “For the time being, no media coverage is planned”we also say from the same source.


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