Laurence Tubiana, backbone of Cop21 and the Citizen Climate Convention, " does not wish " to enter government, she told AFP this Saturday, July 4, when her name was mentioned in the press for the Ministry of Ecology.
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" I no longer believe in the policy of small steps, " she said. " It seems to me that I am more useful where I am and by being vigilant on the implementation of the tracks " advanced by the Citizens' Convention. " I did not have contacts " to enter the government, also assured this university and diplomat, respected in the environmental sphere.
Did the appointment of Jean Castex, from the right, to the post of Prime Minister, play in his position? " I can't say. I do not know him. He is undoubtedly a serious and responsible man ", but he" is not a reference figure in the areas that mobilize me ". " A more technocratic government is not what I'm looking for ", says " this leftist woman and environmentalist ", who wishes to continue her " reflection on a roadmap and a platform " that would put " social justice " at the heart of ecological transformation.
