The influence of the secretary general of environmentalists is called into question by certain members of the party. The mayor of Grenoble, Eric Piolle even denounces “an oligarchic drift”.
Nothing is going well among environmentalists. Courrouse letters are raining to denounce a hijacking of “statutes”, promoting the eradication of opponents capable of harming the presidential ambitions of Marine Tondelier. At the heart of all these tensions, the MP to the essential green jacket “faces an internal sling movement never seen since taking office, two years ago”, reports Politico.
But this uprising was precipitated by a previous event. By preparing the party congress scheduled for April, his opponents became aware of the consequences of a reform adopted last year under the leadership of the national secretary. This revision, intended to simplify the statutes of the party, had already been disputed by certain environmentalists at the time.
A postponement had even been requested by certain votes, arguing of the short time to be able to examine these new statutes in detail. If the reform aimed to simplify an organization increased by the coexistence of multiple motions, some feared that it will sacrifice internal pluralism on the altar of efficiency.
Four minority currents mobilized
And for good reason: with the new statutes, there is only one unique motion at the time of the congress, with contributions by amendments. Since the implementation of this reform – voted at 74% for – the national secretary (e) has been elected in the two -round majority ballot, and no longer designated by elected representatives, from different motions.
According to detractors, this new text would promote the majority current and prevent the appearance of internal opponents. Some also claim to encounter difficulties in collecting the number of signatures required to present themselves (2% of members Coming from five regions) or to defend a text of “contribution”, relays politico. “This is a way of avoiding a number of plethoric contributions,” retorted a close to the Mondelier contacted by the newspaper, which recognized that the “march [était] A little high “for small motions.
But the opponents do not intend to stop there. No less than four minority currents have mobilized since Thursday. Clear Desmares trendy members (member of the EELV Executive Bureau) have even written a letter to the activists to denounce “a profound problem of democracy” within the party.
“An oligarchic drift”
The movement should be joined by the deputy Jérémie Lordanoff and the ex-deputy Karima Delli, who aims to appear against Marine Tondelier. The activist did not hesitate to threaten the “legitimized electoral process” in court, in a letter revealed by Opinion. She denounces in particular “processes aimed at hindering the sincerity of the ballot” to consolidate the chief of environmentalists without there is “real electoral competition”.
The mayor of Grenoble Éric Piolle considers that he paid the price for the new operation, after being ousted from the loops of the motion. Whoever looked after the position of spokesperson saw his ambitions braked by the party president in the name of “the diversity of profiles”. For opinionMarine Tondelier would not have wanted to be “competed with other good media customers sitting on a mandate of local elected official”. Never mind, Éric Piolle denounced in an internal email “an oligarchic drift”.
Faced with these blunt criticisms, we try to minimize the crisis on the management side: “The new rules must be understood, this is the first new version congress”. To see if this simultaneous offensive may thwart the media ride of Navy Since the birth of the new Popular Front (NFP).