For several days, a theme much of the political news, that of sexual and domestic violence. In question ? Two leading officials accused of abusing their partner. In September 2022, Le Canard enchaîné revealed that the wife of Adrien Quatennens, deputy of La France Insoumise, filed a handrail against him for alleged acts of domestic violence that occurred during the summer, after she told him her desire to divorce. In the midst of divorce proceedings when these facts appeared in the press, the couple published a statement asking for respect for their privacy, but a judicial investigation was opened for suspicion of “violence by spouse” by the Lille prosecutor’s office. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s loyal lieutenant admitted having slapped his wife in 2021 and stepped back from his duties as coordinator of La France insoumise.
Monday September 19, in C à vous Sandrine Rousseau mentioned accusations against Julien Bayou, explaining “having received a woman accusing the national secretary of EELV Julien Bayou” of “behavior likely to break the moral health of women”. The Green MP continued: “obviously a journalistic investigation is in progress, but I would just like to say that at the time when I received this woman, she was in a very depressed state, she was very badly, she moreover made a suicide attempt a few weeks after”.
This Friday, September 23, the former rival of Yannick Jadot was again questioned on LCI by Elizabeth Martichoux and Paul Larrouturou. But at the end of the interview, the tone went up a notch. “Thank you very much Sandrine Rousseau, we asked you questions as to all the policies on the methods it is normal. You are not a victim, you are a politician and we have the right to question you about your methods.“said the journalist provoking the fury of her guest. “I am a politician and that is how I move the debate forward. And you see, to permanently send me back to the position of victim is once again impossible. No, but it is not possible to pose the debate like that. It is as a political leader that I speak to you and move the debate forward. Here I end this interview“, she swung leaving the set with a crash, leaving her interlocutor dumbfounded.
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See also: The sexual preferences of Stéphane Plaza