Alexis Delafontaine, edited by Ugo Pascolo with AFP
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10:18 a.m., April 11, 2023
LFI deputies must decide on Tuesday on the reinstatement in their ranks of Adrien Quatennens, the ex-lieutenant of Jean-Luc Mélenchon suspended after his conviction for violence against his ex-companion. A decision that is already causing a stir within the Nupes.
It is possible to return to the France insoumise group in the National Assembly, which is debating. The LFI deputies must decide this Tuesday, by a vote, on the reinstatement in their parliamentary group of their colleague Adrien Quatennens, suspended for four months after his conviction for violence against his ex-companion. A decision that divides both in the ranks of LFI and in Nupes.
“His reintegration will never be considered legitimate by part of the population”
Some of the rebellious are clearly opposed to the return of the deputy, who has been sitting since mid-January as a non-registered. For these elected officials close to feminist movements, being at his side in the hemicycle seems unthinkable. However, according to information from Europe 1, a majority of LFI parliamentarians should line up behind the opinion of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, namely to vote in favor of his reinstatement. What strengthen the challenge within the Nupes.
“Given what happened during these four months, his reintegration will never be considered legitimate by part of the population”, affirms for example at the microphone of Europe 1 the ecologist Sandrine Rousseau. “We missed an opportunity to show that there was a path for the perpetrators of violence.” The Socialists are not left out either, like Boris Vallaud. The president of the socialist group in the National Assembly estimated Sunday that the reinstatement of the deputy is “would be a mistake”.
After the disagreements in recent days between Fabien Roussel and Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the future of Nupes. The Quatennens affair seems not to have finished agitating the alliance of the left.