LFI deputies called on Tuesday for a commission of inquiry into a case concerning Areva, of which a former trade unionist had denounced an attack in connection with her fight against the group’s projects.
The case, which dates back to 2012, is at the heart of the film “La Syndicalist” with Isabelle Huppert, directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and adapted from a book-investigation by L’Obs journalist Caroline Michel-Aguirre, in theaters Wednesday. Its preview by the Insoumis led them to launch this request for a commission of inquiry.
Isabelle Huppert plays the role of Maureen Kearney, a former trade unionist from the former French nuclear flagship Areva, who opposed an agreement between the group, EDF and a Chinese nuclear operator allowing technology transfers to China. . “We very solemnly ask the President of the National Assembly to urgently take up this request for a commission of inquiry,” said the leader of the Insoumis deputies Mathilde Panot to the press.
Maureen Kearney was found in December 2012 at her home, tied to a chair, a knife handle inserted into her vagina and a scarified “A” on her stomach. She had been found guilty at first instance of having staged this attack, linked according to her to her union fight, before being acquitted on appeal in 2018. “This is the story of a potential state scandal. “, estimated Tuesday the deputy Clémentine Autain. “Gradually, the gendarmerie and justice are transforming the victim into the culprit,” she said, wondering about possible “pressures”.
The “choice of the prosecution not to prosecute” in question
The request for a commission of inquiry also relates to a case involving a former executive of Veolia, who allegedly suffered threats and whose wife was allegedly attacked at her home. “Emmanuel Petit was dismissed after opposing the intermediary Alexandre Djouhri”, who “would have claimed a share in a file for the creation of a Veolia subsidiary in the Middle East”, writes LFI in the text of his request.
The Insoumis claim that the stages of the procedures of these two cases be examined, in particular the “choice of the prosecution not to prosecute”, as well as the role of the political leaders and the intelligence services. For the commission of inquiry to see the light of day, LFI’s request will have to be supported by a majority of deputies in the Assembly, LFI having already used its “drawing right” to create a commission of inquiry into Uber files.