The word République is not present on all lines, but almost.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Guillaume Lacroix, president of the Radical Left Party (PRG), the national secretary of EELV, Julien Bayou, ensures that the two parties, usually considered quite opposed on the issue of secularism, find themselves "
on the essential
”.
"
It remains to join us
," he says in his outstretched hand at the time of the presidential and legislative elections.
According to our information, Guillaume Lacroix and Julien Bayou are due to meet next week, perhaps Tuesday.
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"The affirmation of the superiority of our common law ..."
At the PRG, which would like to serve as a glue between the now disunited leftist formations, Julien Bayou presents secularism as "
the pillar which allows the organization of our life in society while respecting the privacy of each individual, believers or atheists
”.
"
It is the affirmation of the superiority of our common law, that which protects and emancipates
", he wrote in this three-page letter, considering the law of 1905 as "
a jewel which we must not touch without 'infinite precautions
'.
A law, he adds, that must be "
fully applied
" and "
protected
".
An "ecological republic"
Faithful to his line of protection of minorities, including Muslim believers, Bayou considers that this law, in an "
ecological Republic
", must be protected "
from the instrumentalisation of which it is the object by the conservative forces who make it a tool in the service. a political agenda serving to stigmatize some of our compatriots.
"
In matters of secularism, the school has a priority role to play, he adds, anxious to defend the teachers.
Without promising to double their salary like the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo, he indicates that these teachers, "
yesterday considered as statistics, unnecessary expenses, of which Nicolas Sarkozy said that they could never replace the priest or the pastor and who reduced their training must once again become the priority of the Republic.
In terms of resources, remuneration and taking into account their alerts.
"
A letter "very appreciated" to the PRG
This letter, "
a substantive exchange
", was "
very appreciated
" at the PRG, indicates to
Figaro
Guillaume Lacroix. "
There was a need for clarification of EELV's positions on republican issues and this letter was not necessarily expected in its terms,
" he said, satisfied that Jullien Bayou "
validates the principle of a coalition, a very strong signal. encouraging
”. Guillaume Lacroix further indicates: “
If Sandrine Rousseau shares all the terms of this letter, it will be excellent news. We are not ostracizing anyone
”. Within the PRG, it is emphasized that the words of Julien Bayou in the letter "
are far from those of Alice Coffin who still sits among the Greens in Paris
”.
On November 5, the PRG sent a letter to all the formations of the left to try to "
mend
" them via a "
government project to be written together
".
The response of the PS is still awaited.
