“I think he has to come back.” On France3 this Sunday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke about a return to the National Assembly of Adrien Quatennens, who retired after acknowledging domestic violence.
“Adrien Quatennens is one of the most brilliant elements who has imposed himself in the last period”, assured the former presidential candidate, repeating his “affection” for the deputy from the North, as well as for his wife.
Adrien Quatennens stepped down from coordinating LFI in mid-September after acknowledging violence against his wife, who has since filed a complaint. He has not served in Parliament since.
“I understood that he was on sick leave,” added the leader of France Insoumise, according to whom Adrien Quantennens “is not violent because he was violent once. , more than a year ago” and “has never started this violence again”.
Calling for a “graduation of the sentences imposed on him”, he wished “that the lynching which was done to him cease”, deploring a “repetition of political slaps given to him from morning to evening in all the media” during “three weeks of lynching” where “no account was taken of his wife’s word, nor mine by the way”.
“Violence is Macron’s dream”
Asked about Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s support for Adrien Quatennens, the leader of the Renaissance deputies Aurore Bergé protested against the “incredible nature of this declaration”.
“We come to have a former presidential candidate, who received millions of votes on his behalf, say that he renews his affection for him. I have no affection for a man who hits his wife, ”she insisted on BFMTV.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon has also relaunched his proposal for “price freeze”, considering that “there is urgency” and that “it is up to companies first” to save money.
The march of October 16, to which LFI, the PS and EELV in particular call, “it is the march of the people who are hungry, who are cold”, he added, assuring that it would happen without violence. . “Violence is Macron’s dream, he is the one who hopes there will be violence,” he added.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was criticized on Friday after a controversial tweet evoking the French Revolution, and described as a “call for social violence” by government spokesman Olivier Véran.