No question of being an outsider.
A few hours after her qualification for the second round of the ecological primary against Yannick Jadot, Sandrine Rousseau refuses to see any surprise: "I expected this result", explains this morning on France Inter the one who nevertheless succeeded to thwart the duel Jadot - Piolle, presented as the two favorites of Europe Ecology - The Greens.
"Government ecology does not transform our country": finalist of the ecologist primary, Sandrine Rousseau (@sandrousseau) was in # le79Inter pic.twitter.com/e5slZGKrxq
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“Those who are surprised are those who did not understand what was going on in society.
It is a fundamental movement ”, declared the presidential candidate, who obtained 25.14% of the votes of the ecological primary.
The former economist believes that her position, sometimes considered "too divisive" and "utopian" is actually the most unifying.
Relatively confidential a few months ago but highly appreciated by activists, Sandrine Rousseau has built up visibility through colorful statements and clear-cut proposals.
A strategy paying off: 3000 votes to be at the head of the primary in the first round, which ended this Sunday, Sandrine Rousseau is already looking to the Elysee.
"Radical, feminist and social"
"I pledge to go to the end of this presidential election"
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assures the former economist, who tries to impose in passing her political vision: a "radical", "feminist" and "social" ecology.
"The Elysee has become a fortress of power and I want to transform it into a people's house
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defends the candidate, always on France Inter.
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A slogan that she repeats: “I want to be President of the Republic.
I put this bet, I will be the surprise of this presidential election, ”she says, this time on BFMTV.
While usually, the candidates moderate their posture during the in-between rounds to take votes from the other, Rousseau persists and signs: “The only way out is radicalism.
Realism is being radical.
Radicality is a way of protecting ourselves and our children ”.
"An ecology that wants to bring together", counterattack Jadot
With this strategy, the former spokesperson for Europe Ecology - The Greens hopes to get Yannick Jadot out of the race, but takes the opportunity to wink at the radical left, the one who finds that the PS is too liberal: “Ecology is the transformative and emancipatory form of the left and I will go to the end with this desire for modernization. The State must regain control of the framework of the economic system and capitalism, because the common good must always be superior to private interests ”.
A line that neither Yannick Jadot nor Barbara Pompili likes.
The first considers that it is "radical" in its own way, while trying to show that it is the most "presidential": "The ecology that I wear does not compromise on climate change, biodiversity or on solidarity. but it is an ecology that wants to unite, because when you want to go so far, so quickly, you have to combine the strengths of the country, ”he declared on France Inter.
The two candidates will debate on LCI Wednesday evening, before the second round, organized online from September 25 to 28.
As for Barbara Pompili, the Minister of Ecological Transition, also guest of BFMTV
this morning, she ensures that the approach claimed by Rousseau is "disconnected". “You might want to say you're radical. But if we want to put in place the ecological transition, we need to build with others, and not only against others. I do not believe in the effectiveness of this radicalism ”. Divisive or unifying, one thing is certain: Rousseau wants to be talked about, and she is doing it very well.
