A controversy that Europa-Ecologie-Les-Verts would have done well. After being twice attacked by feminist collages directed at Julien Bayou, questioned by his ex-girlfriend, the party presented a handrail. To the chagrin of Relève féministe who were the organizers.
“We use the repressive apparatus of the State against us. It is a way of intimidating us and obviously it is something that is directed against our action”, says Marie Coquille-Chambel, one of the members of this group born as a result of the Quatennens affair. with BFMTV.com.
“This handrail, a mistake”
Marked by the green deputy Sandrine Rousseau, who saw “an error”, the movement defended itself in a press release.
The party “had to present a handrail as part of a request for coverage of damages by an insurance device (…) without targeting any group or any person”, it can be read there.
“A Foolish Procedure”
The headquarters of the ecologists had been covered with posters on November 26 and then on December 3 by Relève féministe, which has 500 leftist militants. When this collective was launched, the activists explained that they refused to have their “political struggles represented” “by perpetrators of violence.”
Among these collages we could read “MP MST”, “Bayou we are green with rage”, or “No attacker recycling”.
Accused by his former partner of suspicions of psychological violence, Julien Bayou, who resigned from his position as number 1 of the party at the end of September, rejects the facts that are not clearly established. No complaint has been filed and no judicial investigation has been opened.
“We are the tenant of the building and our insurance asked us for a handrail as compensation. It is just a very simple administrative procedure that is not addressed to anyone, ”says a member of the leadership of the movement, astonished. The controversy.
“A criminalization of feminist activists”
Relève féministe denounced for its part “the criminalization of feminist activists”, while activists have already been warned by collages in Bordeaux, Nantes or even Paris at the end of November after having pasted posters at the Renaissance headquarters.
“This railing would be a request from the insurance and the owner of the place. Here is the explanation. The collective is not mentioned (in the EELV press release)”, Sandrine Rousseau tweeted, after having read the explanation part.
The headquarters of France insoumise had also been attacked by Relève féministe on November 14, when the movement was considering its return to the National Assembly.
Source: BFM TV
