French Member of Parliament Denis Baupin on Monday resigned from his role as deputy speaker of the lower house, the National Assembly, just hours after the publication of an investigation by Mediapart and France Inter radio in which several female colleagues, including a fellow MP, allege they were sexually harassed by him. Baupin, 53, who is married to housing minister Emmanuelle Coste, last month resigned from the EELV Green party to which all of his accusers belonged at the time of the alleged events. He denies the accusations, which include physical groping and other lewd behaviour and repeatedly sending sexually explicit phone text messages. Lénaïg Bredoux reports.
An investigation led over several months by Mediapart and France Inter radio has heard the accounts of eight women who denounce sexual harassment against them by Denis Baupin, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Paris, appointed deputy speaker of the lower house, the National Assembly, in 2012, and a once leading official with the Green EELV party from which he resigned in April citing policy disagreements.
