Fluid then difficult, then blocked then again accelerated, the discussions for the legislative elections between La France insoumise (LFI) and the ecologists ended up succeeding. Sunday 1er May, quite a symbol, after a Parisian parade conducive to symbolic rapprochements, the Federal Council of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) ratified a text of agreement, relating to a hundred constituencies for the candidates of the environmental pole. Between ecologist deputies and “rebellious” it will now be necessary to talk about the “New Popular Ecologist and Social Union”.
Besides a “campaign parliament” like that of the Popular Union, the formation led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the presidential election but enlarged, the two forces propose to form a “pluralistic majority” called upon to acquire of an intergroup to complete and continue this common work after the election”. Rise of the minimum wage to 1,400 euros, retirement at 60, price freeze on basic necessities, ecological planning and VIand Republic are among the listed markers.
As for Europe, there is no tension, the two parties agree on this long argument which at the same time advocates disobedience to certain European rules and respect for the rule of law. Something to please everyone, even if it means risking contradiction: “To be able to apply our program and thus respect the mandate that the French men and women have given us, we will have to overcome these blockages and be ready to disobey certain European rules (in particular economic and budgetary, such as the Stability and Growth Pact, competition law, productivist and neoliberal orientations of the Common Agricultural Policy, etc.). This can only be done in accordance with the rule of law.”they write.
Five constituencies for ecologists in Paris
One day nothing goes, the next day everything works out, and so it goes with the negotiations on the left for the legislative elections. This 1er-May fell into the category of good days, the best without doubt since the opening of the discussions ten days ago. The Paris parade offered a number of favorable images, a handshake between the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, and the LFI presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but also communist emissaries riding on the “rebellious” tank. » to shake hands with everyone, and again the ecologist Sandrine Rousseau and Jean-Luc Mélenchon meeting fortuitously in a café, and conversing about the ways and means of the imminent agreement. Thursday again, the “rebellious” seemed exceeded by what they perceived as reversals on the part of an environmentalist family quick to discuss the slightest paragraph. On Friday, environmentalist leader Julien Bayou was suddenly optimistic, saying that “the agreement is in sight”.
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