Laurence Rossignol - Armando Dadi / AGF / SIPA

Socialist Senator Laurence Rossignol denounced on Tuesday the "formidable slap that Emmanuel Macron launches in the face of all those who have mobilized against sexual violence" with the appointments of Gérald Darmanin in the Interior and Eric Dupond-Moretti in the Justice.

The former Minister for Women's Rights said she was "puzzled" on Franceinfo about their "ability" to "make the fight against sexual violence one of their priorities", while "neither of these two men has so far shown the slightest interest in these subjects ”. The collective Dare feminism! for its part launched a petition to demand their resignation.

"Darmanin resignation" and "Darmanin rapist"

"Build your career on the acquittal of men accused of rape, you will be Minister of Justice! (…) Be accused of rape, you will be the 1st cop in France! ", Castigated in a press release the collective, for whom these appointments" unmask the masculinism of the ruling political class and the contempt for the words of the victims and the rights of women ".

In Paris, around twenty feminist activists gathered Tuesday near the Ministry of the Interior, chanting "Darmanin resignation" and "Darmanin rapist" during the handover between Christophe Castaner and Gérald Darmanin.

The Elysée defends itself

“What to say to the 225,000 women victims of violence per year? ! “, Echoed in a tweet Eric Piolle, the ecological mayor of Grenoble. “Gender equality is at the heart of the climate challenge. Ministers, Darmanin and Dupond-Moretti pose two obstacles to the powerful freedom of speech for women, which will lastingly change the situation, "he said.

The rape complaint against Gérald Darmanin seems to be evolving "in the right direction" and this complaint "did not obstruct" the promotion of a minister who "aspired to more", said the entourage of the president on Monday. In mid-June, lawyers for the woman who accuses Gérald Darmanin of raping her in 2009 denounced the government's support for the minister.

After two years of procedural battle, the Paris Court of Appeal had ordered in early June the resumption of investigations into the accusations of rape, sexual harassment and breach of trust brought against the minister by Sophie Patterson-Spatz. Heard in free hearing on February 12, 2018, Gérald Darmanin confirmed having had sex with Sophie Patterson-Spatz but, according to him, freely consented and on the initiative of the complainant.

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Castex government: The rape complaint against Gérald Darmanin "did not prevent" his promotion according to the entourage of the president

  • Government
  • Eric Dupond-Moretti
  • Gérald Darmanin