{{Expand French|topic=bio|Sandrine Rousseau|date=April 2023}} {{Short description|French economist and politician}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Sandrine Rousseau | image = Sandrine Rousseau 20210819 (cropped).jpg | caption = Rousseau in 2021 | office = Member of the National Assembly<br/>for Paris's 9th constituency | term_start = 21 June 2022 | predecessor = Buon Tan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|03|08|df=y}} | birth_place = Maisons-Alfort, France | party = Europe Ecology – The Greens (until 2017; since 2020) | spouse = François-Xavier Devetter (divorced) | children = 3 | alma_mater = University of Poitiers<br>University of Lille }}
'''Sandrine Rousseau''' ({{IPA|fr|sɑ̃dʁin ʁuso}}; born 8 March 1972) is a French economist and politician who has represented the 9th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 2022. Member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), she has been widely seen as a figurehead of France's MeToo movement against sexual violence, and describes herself as an ecofeminist.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/23/eco-feminist-sandrine-rousseau-shocks-french-politics-in-bid-for-greens-presidency|journal=The Guardian|title='Eco-feminist' shocks French politics in bid for Greens' presidency|author=Angelique Chrisafis|date=September 23, 2021}}</ref>
Rousseau previously served as a vice-president of the University of Lille.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandrine Rousseau - Université de Lille |url=https://pro.univ-lille.fr/sandrine-rousseau/ |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=pro.univ-lille.fr}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Rousseau was raised in Nieul-sur-Mer, France, where her father Yves Rousseau was mayor from 2001 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Masse |first1=Clement |title=Charente-Maritime : les racines de l'engagement politique de l'écologiste Sandrine Rousseau |work=France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine |date=2001-09-22 |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/charente-maritime/la-rochelle/charentes-maritime-les-racines-de-l-engagement-politique-de-sandrine-rousseau-2261416.html |language=fr-FR |access-date=2022-12-11 }}</ref>
==Political career== Rousseau became a candidate in the 2010 French regional elections for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, in third position on the Nord list. Following a merger of the left-wing lists, she was elected in the second round on the united list led by Daniel Percheron. She was appointed vice-president of the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in charge of Research and Higher Education.
From 2011, Rousseau was part of the EELV national leadership, under chairwoman Cécile Duflot.<ref>[https://www.eelv.fr/presentation-des-membres-du-bureau-executif-national/ Présentation des membres du bureau Exécutif national] Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), press release of 15 June 2011.</ref>
In 2016, Rousseau was one of several female politicians – including Isabelle Attard, Elen Debost and Annie Lahmer – who made headlines for accusing Green party colleague and MP Denis Baupin of sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-25 |title=Realist or radical? French Greens pick presidential candidate |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210925-realist-or-radical-french-greens-pick-presidential-candidate |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Pierre Lepelletier (25 October 2020), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/sandrine-rousseau-veut-etre-la-candidate-des-ecologistes-a-la-presidentielle-20201025 Sandrine Rousseau veut être la candidate des écologistes à la présidentielle] ''Le Figaro''.</ref> In 2022, she suggested in a TV interview that her colleague Julien Bayou had exhibited “behavior which could break women’s psychological health” and said that Bayou’s former partner had later attempted suicide; the Green Party’s parliamentary group subsequently suspended Bayou from his role as the group’s co-chair, and he later stepped down as secretary as well.<ref>Aurelien Breeden and Catherine Porter (21 September 2022), [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/world/europe/france-left-lawmaker-slaps-wife.html French Left Lawmaker Admits Slapping Wife, and Party Leader Defends Him] ''New York Times''.</ref><ref>Peter O’Brien (26 September 2022), [https://www.politico.eu/article/france-left-divided-accusation-violence-against-women-julien-bayou/ Fresh accusations of violence against women divide France’s left] ''Politico Europe''.</ref>
In March 2020, Rousseau was elected president of the Conférence permanente des chargés(e)s de mission égalité et diversité (CPED), which is composed of ninety-four public institutions of higher education and research around equality and diversity policies.<ref>[https://www.cped-egalite.fr/communique-de-presse-sandrine-rousseau-elue-a-la-tete-de-la-cped/ Communiqué de presse : Sandrine Rousseau élue à la tête de la CPED] Conférence permanente des chargés(e)s de mission égalité et diversité (CPED), press release of 26 March 2020</ref>
In 2021, Rousseau was a candidate for the open primary vote organized by Europe Ecology – The Greens for the 2022 French presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-02-09 |title=Who's who in the 2022 French presidential election |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-in-english/article/2022/02/09/who-s-who-in-the-2022-french-presidential-election_6112949_5026681.html |access-date=2022-05-01}}</ref> She qualified for the second round but lost to Yannick Jadot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/yannick-jadot-greens-france-presidential-election-2022/|title=French Greens narrowly choose MEP Yannick Jadot as presidential candidate|date=September 28, 2021|website=POLITICO}}</ref> During the campaign, she was criticized for being too absent at her university post by students and colleagues at Lille University, who also complained about her lack of political engagement on subjects related to the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A l'université de Lille, les « absences » de Sandrine Rousseau déplaisent |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/lille/3152063-20211022-lille-absences-sandrine-rousseau-vice-presidente-universite-passent-inapercu |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=www.20minutes.fr |date=22 October 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> She later joined Jadot’s campaign team<ref>Sacha Nelken (1 October 2021), [https://www.liberation.fr/politique/primaire-ecolo-sandrine-rousseau-soutiendra-finalement-yannick-jadot-sans-etat-dame-20211001_UPIBHWUQAJDX7EOR7UF6FDANME/ Primaire écologiste : Sandrine Rousseau soutiendra finalement Yannick Jadot «sans état d’âme»] ''Libération''.</ref> but, by March 2022, was asked to leave again after she had expressed strong criticism of the campaign strategy.<ref>Alexandre Rousset (4 March 2022), [https://www.lesechos.fr/elections/presidentielle/presidentielle-sandrine-rousseau-exclue-de-la-campagne-de-yannick-jadot-1391328 Présidentielle : Sandrine Rousseau exclue de la campagne de Yannick Jadot] ''Les Echos''.</ref>
During the 2022 French legislative election, Rousseau was elected deputy to the National Assembly for Paris's 9th constituency, as a member of the New Ecological and Social People's Union.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/06/19/elections-legislatives-2022-sandrine-rousseau-elue-deputee-dans-la-9e-circonscription-de-paris_6131119_823448.html | title=Elections législatives 2022 : Sandrine Rousseau élue députée dans la 9e circonscription de Paris | newspaper=Le Monde.fr | date=19 June 2022 }}</ref> In parliament, she has since been a member of the Committee on Social Affairs.<ref>[https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA795076 Sandrine Rousseau] National Assembly.</ref>
In March 2022 she sparked controversy by proposing that the law make non-participation in household chores a misdemeanor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandrine Rousseau propose de créer un "délit de non-partage des tâches domestiques" |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/sandrine-rousseau-propose-de-creer-un-delit-de-non-partage-des-taches-domestiques_AN-202203240373.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}</ref> In August 2022, France’s National Hunting Federation (FNC) filed a complaint against Rousseau after she had stated "that one femicide out of four [was] linked to a hunting weapon."<ref>Rémy Dodet (25 August 2022) [https://www.nouvelobs.com/justice/20220825.OBS62378/la-federation-des-chasseurs-porte-plainte-contre-sandrine-rousseau-et-reclame-pres-de-100-000-euros-de-dommages-et-interets.html La Fédération nationale des Chasseurs porte plainte contre Sandrine Rousseau et réclame près de 100 000 euros de dommages et intérêts] ''L'Obs''.</ref>
In 2022 she criticised meat consumption as contributor to climate change, French Communist Party leader Fabien Roussel strongly defended meat consumption as part of French gastronomy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 2023 |title=«Non, Fabien, tu ne gagneras pas avec un steak» : la pique de Sandrine Rousseau à Roussel sur la viande |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/non-fabien-tu-ne-gagneras-pas-avec-un-steak-la-pique-de-sandrine-rousseau-a-roussel-sur-la-viande-20230917 |work=Le Figaro |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 January 2022 |title=Présidentielle : le coup de gueule de Fabien Roussel "affligé" par la polémique sur la gastronomie française |url=https://www.tf1info.fr/politique/presidentielle-fabien-roussel-afflige-par-la-polemique-qui-a-suivi-ses-propos-sur-la-gastronomie-francaise-2207080.html |work=TF1 Info |language=fr}}</ref>
On 12 November 2023, she took part in the ''March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism'' in Paris in response to the rise of anti-Semitism in France since the start of the Gaza war.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bajos |first1=Par Sandrine |last2=Balle |first2=Catherine |last3=Bérard |first3=Christophe |last4=Berrod |first4=Nicolas |last5=((Bureau)) |first5=Éric |last6=Choulet |first6=Frédéric |last7=Collet |first7=Emeline |last8=Souza |first8=Pascale De |last9=Doukhan |first9=David |date=2023-11-11 |title=Marche contre l'antisémitisme : François Hollande, Marylise Léon, Agnès Jaoui... pourquoi ils s'engagent |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/marche-contre-lantisemitisme-francois-hollande-marylise-leon-agnes-jaoui-pourquoi-ils-sengagent-11-11-2023-WREACIPV4BEOZEDCWAGRM5ZNRA.php |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Publications == * 2022: ''Par-delà l'androcène'', with Adélaïde Bon et Sandrine Roudaut, Éditions du Seuil
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* {{Cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Catherine |title=She Came Out of Nowhere, and Now No One in France Can Ignore Her |work=The New York Times |date=2022-12-09 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/world/europe/sandrine-rousseau-france-ecofeminist.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 }}
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