Feminists and anti-domestic violence campaigners in France have reacted angrily after politicians jumped to the defence of an MP who admitted slapping his wife.
The scandal broke last week after information leaked to the French press that Adrien Quatennens, a senior figure in the radical left La France Insoumise (LFI, France Unbowed), had been reported to police by his wife, Céline. On Monday, the Lille prosecutor’s office announced it had opened an investigation into his wife’s complaint to the police.
