FDSEA President’s Sexist Facebook Insult of Marine Tondelier Prompts Apology and Threat of Legal Action

Overview

• A post by Régis Desrumaux, president of the FDSEA de l’Oise, republished Marine Tondelier’s criticism of the loi d’urgence agricole and included the phrase “grosse salope,” according to local reporting and multiple national outlets.
• The post that contained the insult was made on July 29 and was later removed or set to private when journalists checked the FDSEA account.
• Marine Tondelier demanded a public apology on X and warned she would bring judicial proceedings if one was not issued.
• Some outlets report that Desrumaux later wrote that his words were “inappropriate” and a “maladresse,” but left-wing parties and Tondelier’s allies have pressed for formal condemnation and possible sanctions by FNSEA structures.
• The insult is tied to a larger fight over the emergency agricultural law that temporarily allows two pesticides under ANSES rules and has been referred to the Conseil constitutionnel by ecologist and left MPs, while the episode also revives broader concerns about sexism in political and rural discourse.