First Socialist Party Secretary Olivier Faure and the President of Génération Ecologie Delphine Batho on Monday criticized the attitude of the deputies LR and RN opposed to the arrival of the Swedish spokesperson for the fight against climate change Greta Thunberg Tuesday at the Assembly national. "This is a useful clarification because the masks actually fall on a background, in a way, climate-skepticism," accused the member of Deux-Sevres Franceinfo. "Mr. (Guillaume) Larrivé and Mr. (Julien) Aubert play their internal competition (at the head of the party Republicans) political politician on the back of the fight against climate change," she denounced.
"We must believe that we are in a situation so dramatic and even tragic that the youth has read the reports of Giec more than many politicians," she indignant. "It's anger that should take us all today, it's not the boycotter we need, it's on the contrary to cheer and say that we do not do enough," reacted Olivier Faure on Cnews, emphasizing that "this young woman has had an extraordinary role in the global awareness in Europe, even in the world".
Guillaume Larrivé had called to "boycott" Greta Thunberg
On Saturday, Guillaume Larrivé, presidential candidate of LR, had called his colleagues to "boycott" Greta Thunberg in the National Assembly. "Do not count on me to applaud a prophetess in shorts, 'Nobel Prize for fear', tweeted Sunday Julien Aubert, also candidate for the head of LR. "I will not be forced to kneel, to applaud the Justin Bieber of ecology, a kind of media creature that will speak banalities," Monday criticized the Deputy RN Sebastien Chenu on BFMTV, while noting not be "climate-skeptical".
The majority divided on the subject
The majority appears divided on the subject. Gabriel Attal, Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education and Youth, said on Twitter that "if Greta Thunberg was 30 years older, no one would question its legitimacy to intervene. a youth that makes some people forget that it has initiated a historic movement, a sad message for young people involved ". "To strike the school, what a sad symbol," according to the LREM deputy of Paris Sylvain Maillard who said "extremely uncomfortable with the iconic construction against a scientific reflection".
Greta Thunberg is invited by the 162 deputies of the transpartisan climate group named "Accélérons", at 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.