On September 19, on the set of the program “C à vous” broadcast on France 5, the ecologist deputy for Paris Sandrine Rousseau created controversy. She was invited to react to the case against the rebellious deputy Adrien Quatennens, whose wife accuses him of domestic violence. During this program, the feminist activist also accused the national secretary of her party, Julien Bayou, of psychological violence towards his ex-companion.
However, justice was not seized by the latter, who had confided in Sandrine Rousseau. And though deeds are not “criminally reprehensible”according to the terms of the latter, a week later, faced with the outcry, Julien Bayou resigned from his post as national secretary of Europe Ecology-The Greens.
Julien Bayou, Adrien Quatennens, but also, a few months ago, Taha Bouhafs or Damien Abad… Several political figures have recently been accused of sexist and sexual violence. What are the particularities of these cases? How has the #metoo movement, which emerged just five years ago, changed the way the political world reacts? In this episode of the “L’Heure du Monde” podcast, Raphaëlle Bacqué and Claire Gatinois, respectively senior reporter and political journalist at Mondeexplain to us.
An episode of Cyrielle Bedu. Production and credits music: Amandine Robillard. Presentation and editor-in-chief: Morgane Tual. In this episode: excerpt from the program “C à vous” of September 19, 2022 (Troisième Oeil Productions); excerpt from a TF1 news report on the Abad affair broadcast on May 22, 2022; launch of an LCI morning report on the DSK affair broadcast on May 15, 2011; excerpt from an interview with Jack Lang in the France 2 news broadcast on May 16, 2011; excerpt from an interview with Jordan Bardella broadcast on Franceinfo on September 21, 2022.
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