MEP Anne-Sophie Pelletier excluded from the LFI group for harassment | EUROtoday

The delegation of European deputies from La France insoumise introduced, Monday December 4, that it had excluded elected consultant Anne-Sophie Pelletier from its group, for “harassing, inappropriate and aggressive behavior” vis-à-vis 13 parliamentary assistants since 2019.

In a press launch, the delegation specifies that “thirteen parliamentary assistants” reported “degraded working conditions and harassing, inappropriate and aggressive behavior towards them on the part of Anne-Sophie Pelletier”for the reason that begin of his mandate in 2019.

“In this context, we have therefore made the decision to exclude Anne-Sophie Pelletier from our delegation”add the “rebellious” MEPs, judging this habits “incompatible with values” of their delegation. The latter says she has ensured that measures are taken to guard parliamentary assistants “while allowing them to keep their jobs”.

Raquel Garrido and Adrien Quatennens sanctioned

Recently, on the National Assembly, the deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Raquel Garrido was additionally sanctioned by her group. Without being excluded, it will probably not be “speaker on behalf of the group in parliamentary proceedings for a period of four months”.

He was accused of getting harmed “for the good collective functioning of the parliamentary group” by “the dissemination of false information in the press” Or “the questioning and ad hominem denigration of several members of the group”. Members of the group added that he was additionally accused of getting “humiliated employees” to the Assembly.

Raquel Garrido claims to have been sanctioned for having expressed her disagreement on “the way in which La France insoumise has been run for a year”.

Another deputy, Adrien Quatennens, near Jean-Luc Melenchon, sentenced in December 2022 to 4 months in jail for violence in opposition to his ex-partner, had additionally been, in parallel with this court docket determination, suspended from the group to the Assembly for 4 months.