Overview
- Sabrina Decanton says local EELV figures portrayed her sexual orientation as incompatible with support from working-class neighborhoods.
- She reports pressure to sign a document she calls illegal and unethical that would hand municipal decisions to a small, secret group, which she refused.
- National secretary Marine Tondelier voiced full support for Decanton and said the party’s disciplinary bodies have been seized to follow up.
- Saint-Ouen’s Socialist mayor Karim Bouamrane condemned considering sexual orientation as a criterion for candidacy.
- Decanton announced her withdrawal via a public communiqué on social networks and said she will complete her municipal mandate.