Marine Tondelier demands apology after sexist slur by farm union head

Marine Tondelier, the leader of France's Ecologist Party, said a regional farm union chief, Régis Desrumaux, publicly called her a "grosse salope" in a Facebook repost. She demanded a public apology and warned she would pursue legal action if none was offered.

Desrumaux, president of the Oise departmental federation of the FDSEA, is linked to the national farmers' union FNSEA. Several politicians, including members of La France Insoumise and the Socialist Party, condemned the insult and called for a broader denunciation of sexist attacks in politics.

The episode occurs amid heightened tensions over the recently passed agricultural emergency law, which re‑authorises limited use of two previously banned pesticides. The law has sparked protests from environmentalists and criticism from the farming sector, adding a political backdrop to the personal affront.