He had withdrawn in favor of the socialist Benoît Hamon in 2017. In 2022, he will be a candidate for the presidency of the French Republic.
Yannick Jadot is officially designated candidate of environmentalists for the next presidential election.
The Europe Ecology-The Greens party confirmed it on Twitter, Tuesday, September 28: the MEP won in the second round of the environmentalists' primary.
Yannick Jadot won with a short header against Sandrine Rousseau.
He won 51.03% of the vote, against 48.97% in favor of Sandrine Rousseau.
In detail, the turnout was 85.41%, or 104,772 voters out of 122,675 registered (2,464 blank votes).
"From tonight, we will build a big rally to win the 2022 presidential election," wrote the nominee on the same social network.
Starting tonight, we will build a big rally to win the 2022 presidential election.
Join the movement ➡️ https://t.co/NS26SW6hs4#2022lecologie #LecologiePourAgir pic.twitter.com/qnSd4ySIr6
- Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) September 28, 2021
54-year-old Yannick Jadot now has the challenge of bringing together environmentalists that the first round had roughly divided into four blocks.
He must also impose his candidacy within a left already well endowed with aspiring presidents, from the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon to the socialist mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo via the former minister Arnaud Montebourg and the communist Fabien Roussel.
In the first round of the primary, Yannick Jadot came out on top with 27.70% of the votes, against 25.14% for Sandrine Rousseau, 22.32% for Delphine Batho, 22.29% for Eric Piolle and 2.35% to Jean-Marc Governatori.
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