LFI deputy Éric Coquerel, chairman of the National Assembly's Finance Committee, assured Tuesday July 19 that he did not feel "
weakened
" by the investigation opened against him for sexual harassment and assault.
He declined to elaborate further on the subject.
An investigation was opened last week into sexual harassment and assault to examine the complaint filed by left-wing activist Sophie Tissier against Éric Coquerel.
She accuses him of facts that she thinks can "
similar to sexual assault
" having occurred in 2014 in Grenoble.
“Unfounded rumors” for Coquerel
The activist, former figure of the "
yellow vests
", had made public her accusations against Éric Coquerel just after his accession on June 30 to the strategic post of chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.
The deputy had denounced in a forum in the Sunday newspaper on July 3 “
unfounded rumors
” about his behavior with women.
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The president of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot also affirmed on Monday that there would be "
no withdrawal of Éric Coquerel
" from the presidency of the Finance Committee despite the opening of this investigation, while a few days later Early on, environmentalist deputy and feminist activist Sandrine Rousseau, member of the Nupes alliance, had called on Éric Coquerel to “stand
back
” during the investigation.
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