Yannick Jadot, MEP Europe Ecology-The Greens, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Wednesday August 31, 2022. Energy crisis, European elections … He answers questions from Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia.
Energy crisis: “the government did not anticipate”
Yannick Jadot proposes “a pact of ecological patriotism with all the social forces of the country” to deal with the energy crisis. The former presidential candidate poses “two principles, social justice and innovation”. According to him, “we have the impression that the government did not anticipate” the energy crisis. Proof, “All of a sudden we have a dramatization: it’s no longer discussing, working, organizing next winter, it’s Emmanuel Macron’s defense council”. The head of state will indeed chair a defense council on Friday morning devoted to the energy crisis, as revealed by franceinfo on Monday.
A common list from the Nupes to the Europeans? “We are going to make fewer elected officials”
For Yannick Jadot, making a common list for the 2024 Europeans with the Nupes parties is not a good idea. “We will make fewer elected officials than if we value our diversity”, he assures. The European elections are a proportional vote. The lists which have obtained at least 5% of the votes benefit from a number of seats proportional to their number of votes.
“I am a strong supporter of proportional votingsays Yannick Jadot, not just so that there is good representation, which is essential, but because it totally changes the way we do politics. When you are in a proportional vote, you know that you are going to have to make coalitions, you know that you are going to have to make compromises, good compromises, but compromises.
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