Julien Bayou resigns from his post as national secretary of Europe Ecology-The Greens – Le Monde

The national secretary of Europe Ecology-The Greens, Julien Bayou, June 22, 2022. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP EELV no longer has a national secretary at this stage. Julien Bayou, accused of psychological violence by an ex-companion, announced to the activists of Europe Ecologie-les Verts, Monday, September 26, his decision to resign from his functions at the head of the party. “It is with great emotion that I resign from this function after more than nine years of commitment to the direction of the movement, as spokesperson, then national secretary. Representing you, speaking on your behalf, has been one of the greatest prides of my militant life,” he wrote to his comrades in a press release. Read the decryption: Article reserved for our subscribers The Julien Bayou affair plunges the left-wing parties into turmoil, after that of Adrien Quatennens “You may know that I am accused of facts that are not presented to me, including my accusers say that they are not criminally reprehensible, and for all that I cannot defend myself since they refuse to hear me. It’s Kafka in the age of social networks, ”adds the deputy from Paris. “This situation is untenable and the deleterious context seems to prevent any discernment, at a time when society is rocking and seeking the point of balance for this so necessary feminist revolution”, he specifies. The ex-companion of the national secretary of EELV had made, in July, a report to the cell on the sexist and sexual violence of the party. The affair, briefly fanned this summer by Le Figaro, might not have had any repercussions without the statements made by Sandrine Rousseau, EELV deputy for the capital, Monday, September 19, in “C à vous”, on France 5 “I think that there are behaviors that are likely to break the moral health of women,” said the MP, without however mentioning any particular violence. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers “The amalgam between sexual violence and sexist behavior is dangerous and legally inaccurate” Le Monde