The deputy for Deux-Sèvres Delphine Batho, a former rival in the environmentalists' primary, was appointed on Sunday the campaign spokesperson for the EELV presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, announced his campaign director Mounir Satouri.
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She replaces the previous spokesperson, Matthieu Orphelin, a close friend of the former minister Nicolas Hulot accused of rape and sexual assault, who had been "
withdrawn from his responsibilities
" on November 27.
The former Minister of Ecology under François Hollande "will
coordinate the team of spokespersons,
" said Mr. Satouri, alongside Mélissa Camara, municipal councilor in Lille, Hubert Julien-Laferrière, deputy for the 2nd constituency of Rhône, Benjamin Lucas, regional councilor of Hauts-de-France, Sabrina Sebaihi, deputy mayor of Ivry-sur-Seine, Marine Tondelier, regional councilor of Hauts-de-France, and Mélanie Vogel, senator representing the French of the 'foreigner.
Arriving in third position in the first round with 22.32% of the vote, the deputy Delphine Batho, advocate of "
decrease
", had failed to qualify, just like the mayor of Grenoble Éric Piolle (22.29%) and the entrepreneur Jean-Marc Governatori (2.35%).
The withdrawal of Mr. Orphelin should, according to the leaders of EELV, allow the ex-spokesperson to conduct his communication freely, and prevent Yannick Jadot's campaign from being disrupted.
But this decision had caused a pass of arms internally, between the management of EELV and Matthieu Orphelin, who said he was "
dirty
" and had put this aside on the account of strategic differences with the candidate.