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Sophie Binet

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Sophie Binet is a French trade unionist who has been general secretary of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT), one of France's largest union confederations, since March 2023, the first woman to hold the post. Born in 1982 in Metz, she worked as a senior education adviser in vocational high schools before joining the staff of the CGT's union of engineers, managers and technicians, which she led from 2018.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Sophie Binet, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Sophie Binet

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Sophie Binet

Role at the time: General secretary of the CGT, at a march in Orléans against the Rassemblement national congress

Condemned

Statement summary

At a march in Orléans the day after the attack, the CGT general secretary says the violence comes from speeches that convey racism and antisemitism and that those speeches come mainly from the far right.

“This violence does not come from nowhere ... it comes from speeches that convey racism, antisemitism. And those speeches are essentially far-right speeches. (Translated from French. Original: Cette violence ne vient pas de nulle part ... elle vient de discours qui véhiculent le racisme, l'antisémitisme. Et ces discours ce sont essentiellement des discours d'extrême droite.)”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Le HuffPost report on reactions to the Trappes attack at the October 24 march in Orléans, as republished by YahooFull article
Why we used this label

The reference point is the public rhetoric of Rassemblement national leaders and other far-right politicians about Trappes, Muslims and immigrants, which Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh holds responsible for the October 23, 2026 racist attack in Trappes and La Verrière. Binet traces the violence to speeches that convey racism and says they are mainly far-right speeches, which condemns the rhetoric Rabeh holds responsible.

Read statementFull case: Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh says Rassemblement national leaders bear responsibility for the racist attack in his town; RN officials reject the accusation

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Case

Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh says Rassemblement national leaders bear responsibility for the racist attack in his town; RN officials reject the accusation

Relationship to this case: Speaker

After the October 23 racist attack in Trappes and La Verrière, Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh said Rassemblement national leaders' rhetoric about his town armed the gunman. RN officials rejected any responsibility, and Jordan Bardella accused left-wing leaders of putting targets on politicians' backs.

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