Paris (AFP)
The motion of spokesman Julien Bayou has largely led the vote of EELV members, to choose the team that will take over following David Cormand at the head of the party, said Sunday the management on the basis of results almost definitive.
This score places Julien Bayou in a position of strength to become national secretary, November 30 at the party congress, while the municipal profile in March.
According to these results published on the site of EELV, updated at 20H30, the motion carried by Julien Bayou and the other spokesman Sandra Regol, supported by the national secretary on the departure David Cormand, brings together 41.3% of the votes, far ahead of the 26.5% of the motion of the former Member of Parliament Eva Sas, supported by several relatives of Yannick Jadot - who has not positioned himself publicly.
In third position comes, with 23%, the motion of the Deputy National Secretary Alain Coulombel, who advocates an immediate and nurtured dialogue with the other parties of the left. A fourth motion, carried by executive board member Philippe Stanisière, comes last with 8.6% of the vote.
The steps leading up to the congress of November 30th were held in secrecy, with the party devoting the majority of its media efforts to promoting environmental lists in municipal elections, a primary goal after a successful European election (13.5%).
"This shows that we are able to organize a congress in an intense period without it harms the dynamics of the municipal," reacted to the AFP Julien Bayou Saturday night.
"The four texts have nuances, but everyone agrees on the affirmation of ecology," he added. Bayou said he wanted to discuss "a rally quickly," a clear summary for a broad motion at the convention.
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