Yannick Jadot once again has someone to pass on his word. The deputy for Deux-Sèvres Delphine Batho, a former rival in the environmentalists’ primary, was appointed on Sunday the campaign spokesperson for the presidential candidate EELV, announced his campaign director Mounir Satouri. She replaces in this post Matthieu Orphelin, a relative of the former minister Nicolas Hulot accused of rape and sexual assault, who had been put “in withdrawal of his responsibilities” on November 27.
The former Minister of Ecology under François Hollande “will coordinate the team of spokespersons,” said Mounir Satouri, alongside Mélissa Camara, municipal councilor in Lille, Hubert Julien-Laferrière, deputy for the 2nd district of the Rhône , Benjamin Lucas, regional councilor of Hauts-de-France, Sabrina Sebaihi, deputy mayor of Ivry-sur-Seine, Marine Tondelier, regional councilor of Hauts-de-France, and Mélanie Vogel, senator representing the French of the foreigner.
Disgruntled orphan
The withdrawal of Matthieu Orphelin should, according to the leaders of EELV, allow the ex-spokesperson to conduct his communication freely and prevent Yannick Jadot’s campaign from being disrupted. But this decision had caused a pass of arms internally, between the management of EELV and Matthieu Orphelin, who said he was “dirty” and had put this aside on the account of strategic differences with the candidate.
Arriving in third position in the first round with 22.32% of the vote, the deputy Delphine Batho, advocate of “decrease”, had failed to qualify, just like the mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle (22.29%) and the entrepreneur Jean-Marc Governatori (2.35%).