Julien Bayou: challenged by his ex-girlfriend, the national secretary of EELV takes a radical decision

This Tuesday, September 20, France info reports that Julien Bayou has withdrawn from the co-chairmanship of the environmental group of the Assembly. Although he remains national secretary ofEurope Ecology-The Greens until the congress, Cyrielle Châtelain will ensure alone group chairman. This decision was taken on Tuesday after a group meeting at the Assembly “in the presence of the 23 ecologist deputies”according to parliamentary sources at France info. For good reason, Julien Bayou was accused Sandrine Rousseau, “behaviors likely to break the moral health of women“. On the set of C to you this Monday, September 19, the deputy EELV indeed revealed to have collected the testimony of a former companion of the national secretary of the party. A survey conducted by the “Investigation and sanction unit on harassment and sexual and gender-based violence of EELV” is in progress. Julien Bayou will therefore remain in withdrawal until the results of this investigation.

“It’s the right decision, when the voice of women is freedyou have to draw the results“, confided Aurélien Taché, MP for Val-d’Oise, on Franceinfo, after the withdrawal of Julien Bayou. And to add: “He will continue to sit. He is stepping back so that the commission in charge of sexual and gender-based violence can work”. The one who holds the position of treasurer of the environmental group in the National Assembly nevertheless assured that Julien Bayou should not not draw definitive conclusions before the committee’s findings. Aurélien Taché also spoke about the commission seized by Sandrine Rousseau. “This commission must do its job. as quickly as possible”, he concluded.

“Europe-Ecology-the-Greens against violence against women”

After the accusations made by Sandrine Rousseau against Julien Bayou, “Europe-Ecology-the-Greens say to themselves fully mobilized in the fight against violence against women“, reports Francetvinfo. It was in a press release that the party affirmed its positions, emphasizing the fact that “Europe Ecology The Greens recall having set upa listening unit from 2016 then an investigation and sanction unit on harassment and sexual and gender-based violence in early 2017, a unit whose operation is autonomous, transparent, voluntary and independent of the party and its leaders.

Also in this press release, the environmental party affirms that the cell had been seized following a report concerning Julien Bayou, last July. The party added that the cell “worked at his own pace and with the only concern the search for the truth and depending on the urgency and seriousness of the alleged facts, it may decide on precautionary measures”. “An audit of its operation will be carried out in February 2023, after the decision of the Federal Council of February 2022”, also claims EELV.