Greta Thunberg is not welcome to the Assembly, for some of the right

Swedish climate watchmaker Greta Thunberg, who was invited to parliament on Tuesday by parliamentarians, is not welcome in the eyes of some LR and RN deputies.

"A prophetess in shorts", "Nobel Prize for fear"

"@GretaThunberg has been invited to the National Assembly for the session, I respect the freedom to think ... but do not count on me to applaud a prophetess in shorts, 'Nobel Prize for fear'. The green business, no, "tweeted Sunday Julien Aubert, candidate for the presidency of LR.

@ GretaThunberg was invited to the National Assembly for the meeting. I respect the freedom to think ... but do not count on me to applaud a prophetess in short pants, "Nobel Prize for fear". The planet, yes. Greenbusiness, no. https://t.co/Fgey6TJ4Bi

On Saturday, Guillaume Larrivé, also in the race for the presidency of the Republicans, had called his colleagues "to boycott @GretaThunberg in the National Assembly". "To fight smartly against global warming, we do not need apocalyptic gurus, but scientific progress and political courage," he had launched on the social network.

Previously, Valérie Boyer (LR) spoke of Greta Thunberg as a "young activist totally under control". And Sébastien Chenu (RN) asked: "if I say that I do not want to prostrate myself in front of @GretaThunberg this 16-year-old child invited to the Assembly before the national representation, I leave (still?) The politically correct?" .

"Could we honor scientists as much"?

On the other hand, left-wing elected representatives have argued in recent days that it is "incomprehensible" for the majority to extol the merits of the young teenager and to vote on Tuesday, at the very moment of her coming, the bill to ratify the Ceta treaty. free trade between the EU and Canada, harmful to them according to the environment.

A member of the LREM, Bénédicte Peyrol, took her distance on Sunday for the visit of the young Swede. "Can scientists, people who have been acting for the planet for years, be honored as much?" Using the Manichaeism of Good vs. Evil is far too simple to act in a complex world, "she tweeted. .

The media are now the heroes of our century. Could scientists be honored, people who have been acting for the planet for years? Using the Manichaeanism of Good vs. Evil is far too simple to act in a complex world. https://t.co/0oXTHJNuyh

Greta Thunberg was invited by the 162 members of the transpartisan climate group "Accélérons" for a meeting open to other parliamentarians. She will also attend the government's questions from the tribune of honor. The 16-year-old girl received Sunday the 2019 Liberty Award in Caen in the presence of veterans of the Normandy Landings of 1944.