“It might be time to trust a woman,” said the boss of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, who calls for getting out of “virilist competitions of the past.”
Environmentalists are already sharpening their weapons. In an interview given to Sunday Newspaperthe boss of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, Marine Tondelier, again rejected on Sunday the idea of a single list of Nupes for Europeans next year, but on the other hand pleaded for “a single candidate from the left and environmentalists in 2027.”
“First, to affirm it clearly and simply: we will have a single candidate from the left and environmentalists in 2027. We propose that, in the coming weeks, a cooperative of goodwill be set up which would play the role of campaign committee for 2027”, explains the national secretary of EELV.
She also mentioned “the broadest possible framework, which associates, on an equal basis with political parties, associations, unions, citizen groups, artists…”
“Manly Competitions of the Past”
Marine Tondelier advocates that this “cooperative” offers “a method” for the designation of this candidate. But “it is clear that the primaries with militant applause, in recent years, have not brought happiness to those who have used them, whatever their political camp”, she points out.
“If the debate for the next four years boils down to ‘Mélenchon, stop or else’, then it will be a failure”, further argues the environmental leader, considering that the designated candidate will have to present “capacities to federate, to appease, to dialogue”.
“To get out of the virile competitions of the past, it might be time to trust a woman,” she adds.
