He had insulted Sandrine Rousseau: a winegrower sentenced in Aude to a suspended fine

On March 28, at the hearing, prosecutor Géraldine Labialle requested a fine of 3,000 euros, including 2,000 suspended, denouncing in particular comments "marked by unashamed sexism and misogyny" constituting an "insult to a person charged with a public service mission."

"These are not things to say. It's not right. I apologize to Madame Rousseau, if she will accept them," the winegrower declared in court, emphasizing that, "tired" by his long work days, he was not in his "normal state" at the time of the events. The incriminating remarks were made on June 12, 2023, when the national secretary of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier and Sandrine Rousseau, who had come to support opponents of a golf course project in the Aude, were accosted by angry Aude winegrowers who wanted to prevent them from accessing a wine estate to meet with activists. Sandrine Rousseau highlighted the "physical intimidation" she suffered that day and the "sexist" remarks aimed in particular at "denying (her) mandates" and excluding women from the "public debate."

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