Referendum on climate defense: Macron quits or doubles

EDITORIAL

At the end of the discussions with the members of the Citizen's Convention on the climate, Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that a referendum would be organized to integrate the defense of the climate and the preservation of the environment in the Constitution, subject to a validation by Parliament.

For our editorialist, Michaël Darmon, the Head of State is trying to recover environmentalist voices as 2022 approaches, but he also takes the risk of organizing a plebiscite of his action.

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"Emmanuel Macron likes to take risks. Trapped by the ambiguity of his promise to take up all the proposals of the Citizen's Convention on the climate 'without filter' - these are the words used by the president -, it was necessary to strike hard. therefore cut his last card to calm the anger of the members of this convention, by proposing a referendum to include the fight for the climate in the Constitution. The stake is to come out of this face to face with the 150 citizens to whom he confided the care to reflect on the climate transition at the end of the great debate after the 'yellow vests' crisis.

Win back some of the environmentalists

The 'yellow vests' also demanded a referendum, a request rejected at the time by the President of the Republic.

Today the situation is different: it is a question of reconquering the ecological electorate for 2022. But this referendum, which will have to be validated by the Senate and the National Assembly, could also turn into a vote for or against Emmanuel Macron. "