After three months of absence, will Adrien Quatennens return to the National Assembly on Monday January 9 at 4 p.m., as assured by Agence France-Presse? Or in ten days, the time to settle health problems, as had been assured Le Figaro Few days ago ? On the eve of the resumption of work on the Palais-Bourbon, the secret was “better kept than the Coca-Cola recipe”, said with a smile a leading elected La France insoumise (LFI).
This weekend, no one seemed aware of the date of the return to the benches of the former number two of the Mélenchonist movement, convicted of domestic violence. Not even his successor, Manuel Bompard. “You have to ask him”suggests to Monde the new coordinator of the movement. Contacted, Adrien Quatennens did not respond to our requests. No more than his lawyer, Jade Dousselin, who acts as a communicator. Despite several reminders, the advisor was absent subscribers.
On the left, one wonders if a postponement of the return of Adrien Quatennens is not linked to the kick-off of the battle over pensions – the government will present the main lines of the reform on Tuesday January 10 –, while the New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) organizes the offensive.
If the secret is also well kept, it is perhaps also to avoid a mobilization before the National Assembly. On December 13, 2022, the deputy from the North was sentenced to a four-month suspended prison sentence for domestic violence. In the process, the LFI deputies decided to exclude their colleague from the group until April. Not enough to calm feminists. “To be satisfied with a four-month exclusion and an awareness course is not an adequate response”, reacted the collective #NousToutes. The next day, Adrien Quatennens gave a shock interview to BFM-TV. For an hour, the former dauphin of Jean-Luc Mélenchon minimized his behavior towards his former companion, and announced that he would return to sit in the National Assembly “probably as early as January”.
An unpacking in the form of justification, which created unease within LFI. “The group’s decision to exclude Adrien Quatennens for four months does not solve the problem of his speaking out, which can be counterproductive for the fight against gender-based and sexual violence, which is at the heart of our movement”, analyzes MEP Manon Aubry.
Activists demand his “exclusion” from LFI
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