Éric Coquerel (; born 30 December 1958) is a French politician representing
La France Insoumise
La France Insoumise (LFI or FI; , ) is a left-wing political party in France. It was launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims to implement th ...
(LFI). He was elected to the
French National Assembly
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on 18 June 2017, representing the
department of
Seine-Saint-Denis
() is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobi ...
. In 2022, following the
parliamentary elections
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, he was elected chair of the
Finance Committee.
Accusations of inappropriate behaviour with women
Rumors have long circulated about his behaviour with women. He was formally accused on 2 July 2022 of "inappropriate gestures" by Sophie Tissier, a former figure of the
yellow vests protests
The yellow vests protests or yellow-jacket protests (, ) were a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020. Some minor protests started again after the restrictions linked ...
. The latter declared having seized the committee against sexual violence of La France Insoumise.
[ ''Libération'']
See also
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2017 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 Member of Parliament (France), members of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Rep ...
References
1958 births
Living people
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
La France Insoumise politicians
People from Courbevoie
Politicians from ÃŽle-de-France
Members of Parliament for Seine-Saint-Denis
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