It's rare for Sandrine Rousseau to do such introspection.
While the psychoanalyst Gérard Miller, long involved with La France Insoumise and with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is accused of sexual assault and rape by dozens of women, the environmentalist MP returned in detail to the situation between two in which she has been for several weeks.
In an interview with Elle magazine, the ecofeminist, who had nevertheless received the support of the columnist during the environmentalist primary in 2021, admits to feeling betrayed in an
“absolute, total, fundamental”
way .
Several photos of the parliamentarian and the 75-year-old man together, taken at the time, having emerged on social networks in recent days, Sandrine Rousseau
“presents her apologies”
to the women who incriminate Gérard Miller.
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“Even if (the elected official) knew nothing about it
,” MP Nupes
“thinks”
that,
“for them, it was hard to see that.”
The opportunity to return to the hesitations of his camp to fully dissociate itself from the writer, once the accusations were made public by the women's magazine.
As at the time of the Quatennens affair, a year and a half ago, when the LFI deputy of the same name revealed that he had laid hands on his former partner.
Enough to fracture the left a little more.
For Sandrine Rousseau, the lack of responsiveness of her friends towards the psychoanalyst
“shows a shock”
.
Rousseau feels “very alone”
“It’s more difficult when it happens within your political family. We're not going to hide our faces, it's a somewhat shameful silence too. We are not proud to have this at home,”
recognizes the EELV MP.
Considering herself
“very alone”
in the fight against sexist and sexual violence, Sandrine Rousseau
“does not think that (the) parties are at the forefront on these issues”
.
Proof that the accusations against Gérard Miller shake her deeply, she blurts out, almost disappointed:
“Who can we actually trust?”
“If even allies turn out to be potential aggressors or rapists, who can we rely on?
It becomes a human problem: it’s a fight in which no man can be counted on.”