At the edge of the barge, everyone holds their breath.
A rumor passes by word of mouth.
Yannick Jadot would win by a very short header over his opponent Sandrine Rousseau.
The activists and supporters of the MEP do not yet dare to believe it.
Suddenly the candidate appears.
“Friends, I had prepared a speech just in case, you never know.
I would like to thank you very much because I am the environmentalists' candidate for the presidential election, ”he
says at the microphone.
The room rejoices.
"Jadot president, Jadot president,"
proclaim the activists.
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The official results fell: the MEP won 51.03% of the vote, the ex-spokesperson, 48.97%.
An activist blows:
"A favorite wins the environmentalists primary, it's a miracle!"
Microphones and cameras rush on Jadot.
“It's a huge joy.
It was a tight primary
,
”
he admits.
Before adding:
“The hard part begins.
We are prepared ”
.
"
We will give power back to the French
"
In the distance appears a sort of human chain.
Melted in the mass, Sandrine Rousseau, grabbed by some activists, arrives.
Yannick Jadot hastens to come and welcome the fallen candidate.
No long tirade for the two rivals, a simple hug is enough before everyone returns to their circle.
In front of the journalists, Sandrine Rousseau
“congratulates Yannick Jadot on his victory, to say bravo to him”
.
And also thanks the party in a calm tone
"for the exemplary holding of this primary, organized in respect of the differences of our points of view and an essential attachment to the democratic debate"
.
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She also assures us: she will take part in the campaign to
"finally bring ecology to the Elysee"
.
"Obviously, I will tow for the ecology"
, even added the ecofeminist. With a turn of the heel, Sandrine Rousseau immediately leaves for her stronghold. Addressing a timid greeting to her former adversary, she takes to the road as she came: surrounded by her most fervent supporters.
A few minutes later, Yannick Jadot in turn arrives in front of the cameras.
"In the filthy debates, you said stop, you whistled the end of recess,"
hammered the MEP.
"The future of our country, of our France is more beautiful, more proud than their delirium of identity"
, he continued, aiming without naming him the polemicist Eric Zemmour.
"Tomorrow, as soon as we take responsibility, we will return power to the French,"
he promised, thanking his unhappy adversaries and inviting them to join him.
Yannick Jadot has started to roll out certain flagship measures, evoking a
“climate ISF”
, a
“health plan”
at work or even
“a citizen's income from the age of 18”.
"We will eradicate poverty!"
, he also certified.
The MEP then got in a car, heading to the 20H of France 2, where he has never stopped repeating his ambitions: "
The time for ecology has come in this country
", he assured.
"
I want to be the president of the climate,
" he proclaimed.
"
We do not come to testify, we come to win,
" he finally hammered.
For him, it all starts - really - this Tuesday evening.