Julien Bayou

Julien Bayou (born 11 June 1980) is a French activist, lawyer and politician who has represented the 5th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) party, he served as its national secretary from 2019 until his resignation in 2022.

In September 2022, he withdrew from the co-presidency (leaving Cyrielle Chatelain as sole president) of the environmental group in the National Assembly and resigned from the post of national secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens after accusations of psychological violence by an ex-companion, relayed by his opponent inside the party Sandrine Rousseau.

Subsequently, the case was closed without further action . It is also worth noting that his lawyer, Marie Dosé, was later placed under formal investigation for “concealment or alteration” of evidence in the Caubère case . He left Europe Ecology – The Greens and active politics. He now works as a lawyer, focusing on cases related to social justice and environmental protection.

Family and education Julien Bayou was born into a leftist family. His father was an architect before becoming a healer in Béziers, and his mother, a teacher of economic and social sciences, "a real Maoist", who helped the FLN. His grandmother Marguerite is the former mayor of Saint-Chinian and his grandfather is Raoul Bayou,

In 2013, he was in charge of campaigns for Avaaz, an NGO which mobilizes on various international issues, such as climate change, human rights, corruption and poverty. It is in this context that he takes part in the campaign to liberate the young Sevil Sevimli, a Franco-Turkish student imprisoned in Turkey for having participated in a concert.

In 2022, he leads the Green coalition into the Nouvelle Union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale ("NUPES") in the French parliamentary elections. He wins his seat representing the 5th constituency of Paris and is then elected as co-president of the green parliamentary group in the National Assembly.

As a lawyer, he notably works to ensure the educational rights of children with disabilities are respected. Bayou represents an environmental association and obtained a court order requiring TotalEnergies to dismantle its LNG terminal in Le Havre.

Books Le Petit Livre noir du logement, collectif, éditions La Découverte, 2009 Dix bonnes raisons d'aimer (ou pas) l'éducation populaire, I love educ pop, under the direction of Damien Cerqueus and Mikaël Garnier-Lavalley, Editions de l'Atelier, 2010 Kerviel, une affaire d'État : 2 milliards pour la Société en général, préface ny Eva Joly, Arcane 17, 2016 Désobéissons pour sauver l'Europe, Editions Rue de l'échiquier, 2018