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Denis Baupin
Denis Baupin is a French political figure, born in Cherbourg (Manche) on 2 June 1962. He was Deputy Mayor of the City of Paris, where, as an elected member of the city council, he represents Europe Écologie–The Greens.
He is now vice mayor responsible for the city's programs and initiatives in the areas of sustainable development, environment and climate change.
On 10 May 2016, he resigned as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly after being accused of sexual harassment by several
from the ecologist group to join the socialist group amid the Denis Baupin affair and a split within Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) over support for Hollande's government left it with too few deputies to constitute a parliamentary group.
In the 2017 legislative elections, the Socialists suffered a historically poor performance, securing only 30 seats in the National Assembly. Despite being few in number, divisions within the group over support for the new government persisted, with a number sympathetic to the ideas of president Emmanuel Macron. The most