Head to court.

TotalEnergies said on Wednesday that it had initiated "defamation action without delay" against environmentalist presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, who accused the group of "complicity in war crimes" for maintaining its activities in Russia.

"Unacceptable comments", "extremely serious and unfounded", protests the company, adding to continue "its gas purchase operations in Russia to resell it, in particular in Europe for the benefit of European consumers".

“It lowers him in the polls, he better take care of his campaign”

This legal action follows a new pass of arms on Wednesday morning between Yannick Jadot - who has already accused TotalEnergies of "war crimes" in the past - and the CEO of the group Patrick Pouyanné, who had announced his decision the day before. to stop all purchases of Russian oil or petroleum products “by the end of 2022 at the latest”.

Asked about the accusations regularly made by Yannick Jadot, Patrick Pouyanné said Wednesday on RTL "angry": "When Mr. Jadot accuses the 100,000 employees of Total [of war crimes], it's very serious, it's an insult, (…) it is not acceptable.

Mr. Jadot spends his time speaking ill of my company.

What I observe is that it lowers him in the polls.

He better get on with his campaign and stop insulting us.

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“In strict compliance with European Union policy”

Yannick Jadot replied to him a few hours later on Twitter: “TotalEnergies, supported by Emmanuel Macron, makes some concessions but maintains most of its activities in Russia, in full knowledge of the war crimes that they help to finance.

Yes it is to be an accomplice!

I call on Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of Total, to debate with me”.

.@TotalEnergies, supported by E. Macron, makes some concessions but maintains most of its activities in Russia, in full knowledge of the war crimes they help finance.

Yes it is to be an accomplice!

I call @PPouyanne, CEO of Total, to debate with me

— Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) March 23, 2022

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"To be an 'accomplice in war crimes' is to provide direct aid to a State or to a criminal organization that is the perpetrator of the crimes," indicated the Total group.

Your remarks are particularly serious and unfounded against our company which does not operate any oil or gas field in Russia”.

Denouncing an "insult to the integrity of [its] teams", TotalEnergies affirmed to continue "its gas purchase operations in Russia to resell it, in particular in Europe for the benefit of European consumers", all "strictly compliance with European Union policy and applicable European sanctions measures”.

The group had indicated on Tuesday that it would stop all purchases of Russian oil or petroleum products before the end of 2022 in the face of "the worsening of the conflict" in Ukraine.

A “complementary” decision to the previously decided stoppage of capital contributions to new projects in Russia, which does not mean, however, that the group is withdrawing from the country.

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