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The Coquerel affair sows trouble in the ranks of La France insoumise

2022-07-04T18:40:49.062Z


STORY – The new LFI president of the finance commission is the subject of a complaint filed by Sophie Tissier, an ex-activist who has become close to the "yellow vests", who accuses him of "sexual harassment".


The shock is violent, and occurs at the worst time for LFI.

Reinforced in the Assembly after the legislative elections, the Insoumis intended to take advantage of the start of the summer to impose a frontal opposition to Emmanuel Macron.

They are for the moment mainly overtaken by accusations of sexual harassment against their colleague Éric Coquerel, who has just been appointed head of the powerful finance committee.

A complaint was filed Monday by Sophie Tissier, a former left-wing activist, who has since become a figure of "yellow vests".

She claims to have been "a

victim of sexual harassment and

(of)

gestures that may amount to sexual assault".

Faced with the very clear denial of Éric Coquerel who denounces

“unfounded rumors”

, she replied on Twitter on Monday:

“There are witnesses.

Coquerel knows perfectly well deep down that he is lying.

Sophie Tissier also seized the internal cell of LFI about sexist and sexual violence - she refused to do so until then, judging the…

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Source: lefigaro

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