Paris (AFP)
The leader of Insubordinate France Jean-Luc Mélenchon estimated that his movement and EELV could "get along" in the departmental and regional elections of 2021, less likely in 2022, in an interview to be published Thursday in the group's regional dailies Ebra.
Asked about the relations between the two formations on the eve of their respective universities, the Insubordinate regretted: "It has been two years since we proposed the gathering in a + popular federation +. They ignored it".
"Brotherhood!", However, he proclaimed. "We are patient. Environmentalists are so diverse", underlined Jean-Luc Mélenchon, making the difference between "a fairly liberal wing with (MEP Yannick) Jadot" and "the other with Eric Piolle", mayor of Grenoble re-elected with the support of LFI.
This one will also be received by Mr. Mélenchon on the site of the Amphis d'été des Insoumis, Friday morning in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (Drôme).
If, for the presidential election of 2022, the former candidate for the supreme office sees "serious differences" between EELV and LFI, in particular on the nation, the State or the sharing of the wealth, "this does not concern the departmental or regional elections ".
"The way is therefore free in 2021 to come to an agreement", while "in 2022, the people will decide on the general direction", concludes the president of the group of Insoumis deputies.
In the morning, his number 2, the deputy Adrien Quatennens had wished that the ecologists of EELV “clarify their point of view as for the unit” with the left, during an interview on France Inter.
"Some members of the management (EELV) seem to exclude from this field the environmentalist program which gathered the most votes during the last presidential election, which was that of La France insoumise, and others like the mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle are for us to work together, "he said.
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