Julien Bayou succeeds David Cormand as national secretary of EELV: the ecologists finally agreed on a management team of "rally" Saturday at their congress in Saint-Denis. But as in the past, it was not without difficulty. Julien Bayou was on Europe 1 Saturday, for his first media intervention.

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The identity of the new boss of the Greens had not been in doubt for two weeks, the motion of Julien Bayou far ahead of his competitors on November 16 in the first round. It is now official, Julien Bayou succeeds David Cormand at the head of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV). The three lists that arrived in front merged and got 92.6% on the last round.

The new strong man of EELV was on Europe 1, Saturday, for his first media intervention since his election. He immediately announced the color: "The challenge, for municipal, is to win town halls, to put men and women ecologists in power.At the local level, we can activate all the levers to protect the city. the environment, restore social justice and activate local democracy ".

"To be a happy alternative"

But the municipal is only a first step and the new general secretary of EELV already sees further: "It starts with the municipal elections then there will be the regional and finally the presidential.Many people do not want to see replay the match Macron-Le Pen, especially as this time, Macron can lose.We want to be a happy alternative.

David Cormand will have succeeded in passing the hand to the person of his choice, 39-year-old Julien Bayou, a long-time activist who has often seen fights with left-wing activists. "Ecology belongs to everyone, we must give it back to the poorest, who have been deprived of it," said Julien Bayou for his first speech, much applauded by activists relieved to close a delicate congress.