A member of the Jueves Negro collective, mobilized against the housing crisis, Julien Bayou later became involved in politics with Europe Ecologie-Les Verts. Elected regional councilor for Île-de-France in 2010, then EELV national secretary in 2019, the activist more recently became a deputy for the 5th arrondissement of Paris, in which he succeeded former minister Benjamin Griveaux, elected from La République en Marche , and co-chair of the environmental group in the National Assembly. The head of the Greens finally abandoned his functions within the party on September 26, 2022, considering himself trapped in an “untenable” situation in which he cannot, according to him, defend his defense against accusations of psychological violence against an ex-partner Julien says that he is “accused of facts that (he) do not present, that (his) accusers of him say are not criminally reprehensible”, and that he cannot defend himself “since we refuse to (the) ‘Listen'” . Referring to an “unsustainable” situation and a “harmful” context (which seems to impede any discernment, at a time when society is tottering and is looking for the balance point of this much-needed feminist revolution), she stresses that her decision “not to question ” neither his mandate as a deputy nor his “present and future commitment”. This resignation comes after accusations of moral harassment by a former colleague: Julien Bayou spoke to Le Figaro “a break that is accompanied by barely veiled threats to (his) place of him and (a) form of instrumentalization”. No complaint has been filed or any judicial investigation has been opened. The case came to light in July, when the EELV’s internal cell on violence and sexual harassment was seized. But it took a new turn last week, mediated by the Relève féministe collective and Sandrine Rousseau. The deputy accused him of “behavior likely to undermine the moral health of women”, and said, on a television set, that he had “received for a long time” in her house a “very depressed” ex-girlfriend of Julien Bayou. The ecofeminist assured that “obviously there are several” who will be affected by these behaviors. In the midst of the Adrien Quatennens affair – the rebel deputy who admitted domestic violence against his former partner – the environmental group’s office in the Assembly had suspended Julien Bayou last week from his functions as co-president, which he held with Cyrielle . Châtelain. The coup de grâce was delivered on September 25, 2022 by former presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, who judged that “for the serenity of the” internal investigation, it would be “good intelligence (…) that” we are accelerating his withdrawal. the national secretary of the EELV”. Julien Bayou should have left this post anyway in the December Congress, since according to EELV’s statutes, he cannot combine his functions as deputy and party leader.
Source: BFM TV
