With only 4.47% of the vote, Yannick Jadot’s campaign costs will not be reimbursed. It had already been several weeks since the polls had given him at this level. Gathered at La Belleviloise, a concert hall in eastern Paris, environmental activists and leaders were disappointed this Sunday, but not surprised.
With our special correspondent at La Bellevilloise, Marina of La Moissonniere
For some, this poor score is very easily explained: the green voters went to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, wrongly believes Guillaume Duval, one of Yannick Jadot’s advisers. ” The logic of the useful vote worked, I think it’s unfortunate on the one hand because it didn’t achieve the result that was intended, as was foreseeable, and at the same time it’s true the environmentalist left , the reformist left came out very weak “.
Others, however, refuse to discard. This is the case of these two young activists, Jonas Cardozo and Stéphanie Rabé. ” Perhaps we should have been more radical in our way of carrying out this ecological project, assuming it more and being less concerned about questions of credibility. », Analyzes the young woman. ” We should surely have marked our difference with Jean-Luc Mélenchon earlier “, abounds the young man.
However, for some, the time has come for reconciliation with the rebels and the left in general. No question for EELV to go it alone in the legislative elections. “ We have to talk to each other. We are reaching out now to the Insoumis. No one will do it alone, together we can put Emmanuel Macron in the minority in the National Assembly “says Tristan Péglion, Youth Manager with Jadot.
EELV executives refuse to talk about alliances and strategy. For now, the urgency is to beat Marine Le Pen in the second round.
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