Municipal in France: the "anti-ecological fronts" embarrass LREM

The boss of La République en Marche (LREM), Stanislas Guerini, at the National Assembly on March 21, 2020, in Paris. Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP

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In France, has the presidential party fallen into the trap of environmentalists? Three days before the municipal elections, La République en Marche spends its time justifying its alliances with the right against environmental candidates.

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Within Macronie, it is little to say that the subject annoys. The presidential party continues to claim neither the right nor the left. And especially wants to focus the rest of the quinquennium on ecology. But now he is associated with "anti-ecological fronts" in several cities, an expression which embarrassed the leaders of the movement and whom they contested.

The walkers therefore launched the counterattack: "  Even when we reached out to environmentalists, they systematically said no  ", laments the boss of the presidential party Stanislas Guérini who cites the cases of Aix en Provence and Nîmes .

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"  Sectarianism is on their side, not ours,  " continues a walker. On the side of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV), we savor: “  They caught their feet in the carpet all by themselves. Their candidates are closer to the right than to us, this is a political clarification  , ”judges MEP David Cormand.

The approach of the presidential in 2 years is not for nothing in this strategy to refuse any alliance with En Marche: the Greens want to appear as an outright opposition party to Emmanuel Macron, even if it means losing locally.

Observation by a member of the En Marche: “  Apart from extremes, environmentalists are now our main opponents.  "

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