Overview
- Sophie Binet announced on France Inter that she has been placed under investigation for public insult tied to her January comments about big employers.
- Ethic, the employer movement led by Sophie de Menthon, filed the complaint, arguing the comparison to rats harms the honor and reputation of business leaders.
- Her remarks were made on RTL on January 31 in response to Bernard Arnault’s warning that a proposed surtax would encourage delocalisation.
- Coverage notes that a mise en examen in insult cases often follows such a complaint, and it does not constitute a conviction.
- Binet defended her wording as a popular image and said she was denouncing delocalisation, inequality and the behavior of multinationals such as LVMH.