Julien Bayou: "We want to be in charge"

After their success in the Europeans in 2019 and in the municipal elections in 2020, environmentalists are convinced that they can transform the test in 2022, by winning the presidential election.

“The challenges of ecology, climate, biodiversity and social justice are the challenges of the 21st century.

We have long been whistleblowers.

Today we want to be in charge

,

”

said Julien Bayou, Monday, on the set of“ Talk Le Figaro ”.

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The national secretary of Europe Ecology-Les Vert does not want to hear about a hypothetical - and increasingly improbable - union of the left for the presidential election.

“We will have an environmentalist candidacy.

I think it is this that can bring together much more widely, on the left and beyond, ”

assured Julien Bayou.

“We have already tried social democracy, it is the mandate of François Hollande.

I believe that no one is ready to repeat it, even if he announces that he is available, ”

mocked the boss of the Greens.

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A primary in September

Environmentalists have planned to organize a primary in September to designate the personality who will defend their colors.

Internally, some regret this late deadline while several candidates on the left are already advancing their pawns.

Everyone also fears a new internal battle - almost a tradition among the Greens.

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Julien Bayou defends the process.

"I think it's a good thing to let members and supporters choose"

their candidate rather than

"in camera with ten or twelve of our board of directors,"

he argued.

Three candidates are currently in the running: MEP Yannick Jadot, the mayor of Grenoble, Éric Piolle, and ex-spokesperson Sandrine Rousseau.

At the same time, Julien Bayou is the head of the list of environmentalists in Île-de-France for the regional ones, scheduled for June.

The national secretary of EELV wants here again

"to propose an ecological path"

and to turn the page of Valérie Pécresse and her

"lost mandate for ecology".

“A large part of the Ile-de-France population would like to leave the region if they could.

Me, I believe that we can make the region a place where it is good to live, "

promised Julien Bayou, certifying that

" two million jobs "

could be created in Île-de-France thanks to

" the ecological transition "

.

While all the leftist lists, and therefore rivals, also claim to be environmentalists, Julien Bayou cuts short:

“In this case, let's trust the environmentalists”.

Before concluding:

"If you want ecology, vote ecologists."