Shortly before the "green wave"municipal elections in large cities, the leaders of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) did not hide eyeing another deadline: the senatorial elections in September. “It's a battle that has passed under the radar of public opinion, but we have it in sight,” acknowledged the party's boss, Julien Bayou, to Public Senate last March. He added that "here and there, we could come and reinforce the troops in the Senate and find a political group".
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Today reduced to four environmental senators, dispersed in different left groups, the Greens, now with many city councilors, hope to resuscitate a senatorial group that disappeared in 2017. They therefore rely on their reservoir of "great voters" - these elected officials, 96% composed of municipal councilors, called to vote in this indirect ballot - to pass the bar of 10 senators, a threshold to be crossed to constitute a group. Environmental Senator Esther Benbassa wishes to obtain
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