The Covid-19 pandemic represents an " immense " issue for environmentalists. " What is at stake today is the gathering of humanity to confront and overcome a common and invisible threat. Today the pandemic, tomorrow other crises, and climate change, "said Julien Bayou on Saturday during the Federal Council of Europe Green Ecology (EELV) held by videoconference.
“ The time is therefore not half-time. The current pandemic calls us to be at the same time ambitious, radical, pragmatic and determined: it is a question of rebuilding the order of the world. No more, no less, "he said, according to the text of his speech sent to the press.
" The current model has never wavered so much on its foundations, " he said, saying that " as in the 1930s in the United States, our society needs a new deal, a real green New Deal. "
" We must at all costs avoid a brown stimulus, an old-style stimulus that would further increase CO2 emissions at the expense of the climate, social justice and health, " added Julien Bayou.
" Grenelle of the world after "
In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, EELV MEP Yannick Jadot proposes the organization of a " Grenelle du monde après ", that is " a great negotiation associating all the living forces of our country ", inspired by National Council of the Resistance.
“ Environmentalists defend the implementation of a massive transition plan. Torrents of public money will spill over into the economy. Innovation, resilience, sovereignty, ecology and social justice must guide them, ”says Yannick Jadot.
" This revival should be an opportunity to review the scale of values that structure our societies, " he continued, calling to highlight, " rather than the first on the rope, the first on the chore ."
For Julien Bayou, if today " national solidarity must obviously prevail ", it " does not impose silence on (...) the shortage of masks and austerity that has weakened the public hospital, nor on the lack of means to save our seniors (...), nor on the criticism of the measures that the government wishes to adopt to deregulate our social gains ”. Like the rebels, the Greens therefore reject the idea of a sacred union.
