“As an environmentalist I cannot vote on this subject with the extreme right”, denounces Delphine Batho

“That environmentalists and the left oppose Gérald Darmanin’s text is entirely legitimate”but “from the moment this rejection motion was exploited by the Republicans and the extreme right, where this afternoon’s vote resulted in a victory for the Republicans and the extreme right, I could not do it mix my voice”explained Monday, December 11 on franceinfo, Delphine Batho, the only ecologist-Nupes MP not to have voted in favor of the motion to reject the immigration bill brought by Gérald Darmanin.

“It seems to me a political mistake, because we are in a moment of great confusion, in the benchmarks”In “the principles of defense of the Republic”. There is also “the concrete effects of the rejection of the text in the National Assembly”because “The Republicans and the National Rally have clearly said that they are voting for the motion of rejection to return to the Senate text which eliminates state medical aid, which calls into question the right to land. There is a limit to parliamentary maneuvers.

“Immigration is a kind of punching bag of French political life” And “in this extreme confusion we must be clear about the values ​​and as an environmentalist I cannot vote on this subject with the extreme right”even if “I don’t support this project, I fight it”. According to Delphine Batho, “we are in a kind of coalition of votes which are incompatible with each other, contradictory in substance”.