Apparently he has no regrets. “I weigh my words all the time”, said Thursday the leader of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon on his controversial tweets on Sunday supporting Adrien Quatennens who had just confessed to domestic violence, according to a very short video broadcast by the show Daily.
“Do you regret the tweets you posted? », asks the journalist in front of the National Assembly, while the political leader passes in front of him to go to the parliamentary days of his party.
He pats the journalist’s cheek
Jean-Luc Mélenchon continues to advance, smiles then suddenly turns around: “Sir, I weigh my words all the time. You’re the one who regrets what you’re telling me,” he says. And so saying, he reaches out with his right hand and pats the cheek of the journalist, who then takes a step back.
On Sunday, when the rising figure of LFI, Adrien Quatennens, had just published a letter in which he notably admitted having slapped his wife, Jean-Luc Mélenchon first denounced in a tweet “police malice, voyeurism media, social networks. On the other hand, he praised the “dignity” and the “courage” of Adrien Quatennens, repeating to him his “confidence” and his “affection”.
A few hours later, the former presidential candidate tried to correct the situation: “A slap is unacceptable in any case. Adrian accepts it. It’s good “. But these two tweets left a bitter mark, even internally.
“These are not my words,” said Clémentine Autain and Manon Aubry in particular, while MP Pascale Martin said in a press release that such a reaction from Jean-Luc Mélenchon could “have serious consequences” by discouraging women. to report acts of violence.
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne spoke on Tuesday of an “obviously extremely shocking” tweet, accusing the Insoumis leader of “trivializing intra-family violence”.