Primary environmentalist: accused of being too little radical, Yannick Jadot responds to Sandrine Rousseau
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EELV MEP Yannick Jadot, candidate for the environmentalist primary, which he led in the first round.
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D-1 before the second round of the ecologist primary which opposes Sandrine Rousseau, carrier of a disruptive ecology, and Yannick Jadot who, him, defends an ecology of government.
It is time for the last gatherings.
The MEP gathered his support on Thursday evening 23 September in a bar in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Accused by his opponent of lacking radicality in his approach to ecology, the “realist” Yannick Jadot, who came out on top of the first round, this time responded to the attacks and posed as the best unifier of the environmentalist family.
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About a hundred people gathered next to an old railway line, graffiti on the walls and on the stage, Yannick Jadot on the offensive: "
Real radicalism is adding up the differences, not to distinguish !
This is not to divide!
It is always recognizing in the other his intelligence!
"
Jadot, not radical enough?
A false lawsuit brought against him by his opponent, believes the MEP Damien Carême: “
In his previous fights and in the European Parliament, the fights he leads are radical fights
!
To bring about profound change, you have to have the power.
We must not be satisfied with saying: "I am radical" and that is it!
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To read also: Ecologist primary in France: a more muscular debate between Jadot and Rousseau
"Need a pragmatist"
The ecology of testimony, that's enough, launches Dominique Voynet, who knows something about it.
She was twice a presidential candidate, twice below 3.5%.
“
There are other times to break new ground and stay ahead of the political debate.
For this time, I think we need a pragmatist who dares, who holds on, who does not deviate from his course.
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A parade of support to try to counter a candidate, Sandrine Rousseau, whose rise nobody had foreseen.
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To read also: Primary ecologist: Yannick Jadot and Sandrine Rousseau qualified for the second round
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