The tweets of the leader of France Insoumise about the Adrien Quatennens affair, who admitted domestic violence, continue to create controversy. “I weigh my words all the time,” said Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Thursday, according to a very short video broadcast by the Quotidien program. “Do you regret the tweets you posted? “, questions the journalist, in front of the National Assembly, while the political leader passes in front of him to go to the parliamentary days of his party.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon laughs then abruptly turns around: “Sir, I weigh my words all the time, you’re the one who regrets what you’re saying to me,” he said, patting the journalist’s cheek, which operates a backward movement. On Sunday, when the rising figure of LFI, Adrien Quatennens, had just published a letter in which he notably admitted having slapped his wife, Jean-Luc Mélenchon first denounced in a tweet “police malice, voyeurism media, social networks.
An “extremely shocking” tweet
On the other hand, he praised the “dignity” and the “courage” of Adrien Quatennens, repeating to him his “confidence” and his “affection”. A few hours later, the former presidential candidate tried to correct the situation: “A slap is unacceptable in any case. Adrian accepts it. It’s good “.
But these two tweets left a bitter mark, even internally. “These are not my words,” said Clémentine Autain and Manon Aubry in particular, while MP Pascale Martin said in a press release that such a reaction from Jean-Luc Mélenchon could “have serious consequences” by discouraging women. to report acts of violence. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne spoke on Tuesday of an “obviously extremely shocking” tweet, accusing the Insoumis leader of “trivializing intra-family violence”.