Former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has accused former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing of groping her, in extracts from her memoirs published Monday in the Danish press.
"I saw Giscard d'Estaing seated next to me and he grabbed my thigh under the table. It was completely crazy. I asked myself what was going on, I changed places and it was over," the former social democratic leader wrote in her book.
At the time, Thorning-Schmidt was involved in the European Convention, created to draft a constitution for the EU and presided by the former French leader, who died in December last year. Thorning-Schmidt's new book follows in the footsteps of previous revelations of inappropriate behaviour that erupted under the banner of the #metoo movement."We aren't as egalitarian as we thought in Denmark. We let ourselves be lulled to sleep," Thorning-Schmidt told Ritzau.
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