The environmental candidate in the regional elections Claire Desmares-Poirrier received a visit from Delphine Batho on Monday in Rennes. – C. Allain / 20 Minutes
- Criticized by Jean-Yves Le Drian, the environmental candidate Claire Desmares-Poirrier believes that the voice of the former president of the region no longer counts.
- She hopes to appear in the first round of the regional election this Sunday and wishes to discuss with Loïg Chesnais-Girard.
- The prospect of a quinquangular (five lists in the second round) cannot be ruled out in Brittany.
He has never been kind to environmentalists. At all times, Jean-Yves Le Drian has mistreated his opponents inserted at EELV, systematically refusing to ally themselves with them during regional elections. His posture has not changed. In an interview granted to Ouest-France, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs urged his successor Loïg Chesnais-Girard to form an alliance with the LREM candidate Thierry Burlot on the evening of the first round of regional elections. Astonishing in passing the list of ecologist Claire Desmares-Poirrier.
“EELV is a red line,” said the former mayor of Lorient, referring to “an ideological ecology of stigmatization, guilt and accusation” led by the young farmer. Statements that made the main interested party react on Monday. “Le Drian says he wants to bring those who have divided themselves back to the same table. They tried fifteen times, they made two separate lists and they kill each other on the TV shows and I am counting the points. But it’s over, it’s over, the failure is already bitter, ”tackles the head of the list of Brittany of the future.
“This region is very late”
Less than a week before the first round, the young candidate received a visit from Delphine Batho, former Minister of Ecology. The latter knew Jean-Yves Le Drian well, having worked with him in the government in 2012 and 2013. “This is not a judgment on the person of Jean-Yves Le Drian but I am not surprised that he is opposed to the ecological transformation of Brittany. It is, however, an absolute urgency. This region is very late compared to what citizens expect, ”slips the president of Génération Ecologie.
Given at 12% in a recent poll, the EELV list hopes to be able to qualify for the second round and strongly believes in its ability “to create surprise in Brittany”. But what will she do on Sunday night if she fails behind the National Rally, the right, LREM or the outgoing left majority? The idea of a merger with the list of President Loïg Chesnais-Girard has never been ruled out. “I hope we will discuss. I hope he will take his responsibilities. The prospect of a quinquangular [quatre ou cinq listes qualifiées au second tour] could offer a bonus for the National Front (if it came out on top), ”criticizes the young candidate.
Will the socialist listen to the voice of his mentor and get married at La République en Marche? Not impossible, but not certain. “It’s like an owner who designates his heirs, tackles the candidate. Le Drian is making speeches from Paris and wants us to believe that he has leadership in Brittany and that he can propose the future. Le Drian, he looks to the past and I am looking ahead ”.
The debates promise to be heated until the ballot. And we do not even talk to you about the negotiations that will punctuate the between-two rounds.
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