Ingrid Levavasseur
Ingrid Levavasseur (born 26 May 1987) is a French activist and former nurse’s aide. She grew up in Pont-de-l’Arche, Normandy, and is a divorced mother of two.
Early in the Yellow Vest movement, she became one of its most visible faces, especially for activists from Louviers in the Eure region. She appeared on several TV programs (TF1, LCI, France 2) to talk about the movement and its concerns.
In January 2019, she briefly considered becoming a columnist for BFMTV but later turned it down after receiving many threats. Some fellow activists, like Maxime Nicolle, accused her of opportunism.
Levavasseur helped start a new political party, the Citizen-Led Rally (Ralliement d’Initiative Citoyenne, RIC), with Christophe Chalençon in January 2019. The party aimed to put forward candidates in the 2019 European Parliament elections and supported France remaining in the European Union. The plan ran into problems when three candidates withdrew. The party said it would raise funds from small donations from citizens, hoping to raise about €700,000.
She faced a lot of harassment and sexism, including during a January 2019 Paris rally, and she later announced she would withdraw from leading the party’s list because of safety concerns and lack of money. She posted on social media that she would file a police report over the abuse she received.
Levavasseur has described her financial struggles, noting that in 2018 she earned around €1,250 a month and barely qualified for state social benefits. She said she had trouble affording her children’s shoes and that she was unemployed at times.
By February 2019, she paused plans to run the party’s list for the European elections, saying she needed more time to build a team and secure resources. She remains a notable figure in the Yellow Vest movement and its discussions about political change.
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