They had to be at least 10, they are 12. The ecologists were able to form a group in the Senate, the second under the Fifth Republic after the 2012-2017 sequence, then chaired by Jean-Vincent Placé.
On Tuesday, the twelve disciples met in a conclave in a room of the Luxembourg Palace to choose the one who will chair this new environmental group.
At the end of the afternoon, the group elected the senator of Isère Guillaume Gontard, a various left ecologist, until now attached to the CRCE group of the Senate.
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A semi-surprise and a notable fact since facing this senator elected on his territory with the support of the Communists was Senator Esther Benbassa, who, unlike him, is included in Europe Ecologie-Les Verts.
She was more or less the candidate for the leadership of the party.
"
I know the Senate well, I am the oldest senator environmentalist
", she had advanced at the beginning of the day.
"Find a consensus"
In the end, he is therefore a figure of the union of the left and environmentalists
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