Alexis Delafontaine, edited by Gauthier Delomez with AFP 7:25 p.m., October 04, 2022

Tuesday afternoon in the National Assembly, the deputy Renaissance Aurore Bergé denounced in a question to the government the "men who hit their wives", in a clear allusion to the deputy Adrien Quatennens.

If the deputies of the majority applauded, his intervention made the LFI deputies rumble.

MP Aurore Bergé (Renaissance) denounced in a question to the government the "men who hit their wives", in a clear allusion to MP Adrien Quatennens, whose LFI group sharply replied, one of its members receiving a reminder to order.

Citing examples of women victims of violence by their companion and for whom "everything started with a slap", the president of the Renaissance group asked the victims: "As soon as you receive a slap, go and file a complaint. You must not have fear".

Allusions to the first reactions of LFI deputies and Mélenchon

She continued with an explicit allusion to the first reactions of LFI deputies and Jean-Luc Mélenchon to the Adrien Quatennens affair, who admitted having slapped his wife, and who is the subject of a complaint filed by the latter.

"For several weeks we have praised the virtue of those who recognize acts of domestic violence, we hear those who speak of their affection for a man who hits his wife," she said.

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"We are in fact throwing away decades of struggle by our associations which have allowed victims to be accompanied by the only voice that can put an end to their suffering, the judicial voice", continued the group president.

Sandrine Rousseau responds with a feminist sign

If the deputies of the majority applauded, her intervention made the LFI deputies rumble, some loudly challenging Aurore Bergé, while others were content to watch her.

Ecologist Sandrine Rousseau responded to Aurore Bergé's statement with a feminist sign, a triangle formed with her hands representing a uterus.

Trying to contain this bronca, the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet imposed a call to order with entry in the minutes to the rebellious Danièle Obono, which deprived her of a quarter of her parliamentary allowance during a month.

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MP LFI explained when she left the hemicycle that she was asking for “one billion euros” in the budget allocated to the fight against violence against women, a claim by several associations.

She denounced an "extremely indecent manipulation of Ms. Bergé", and "an absolutely pathetic circus", LFI deputies recalling the facts alleged against Damien Abad or Gérald Darmanin.

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Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne insisted on government action, "equality between women and men" being the "great cause of Emmanuel Macron's five-year term".

"Only the judicial institution can determine the facts, state the law and sanction. The fight against domestic violence is a fundamental fight", she hammered, under the protests of the rebellious.

"I do not believe that it is democratically healthy for decisions of the judicial authority to be commented on here, within the confines of the legislative power by a member of the executive", thundered the tenant of Matignon.