Fight against drugs, listing of TotalEnergies, program for the Europeans… David Cormand’s “8h30 franceinfo”

The Ecologists MEP was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Sunday April 28, 2024.

David Cormand, MEP for the Ecologists, was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Sunday April 28, 2024. Program of the Ecologists for the European elections, decriminalization of drugs in France, listing of TotalEnergies… He answered questions from Jean- Rémi Baudot and Benjamin Sportouch.

Environmentalists are for “the decriminalization of hard drugs”

“We are for the legalization of cannabis and the decriminalization of harder drugs”affirms David Cormand, while the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti announces in La Tribune Sunday that he wants to create a national prosecution against organized crime.

“The question of all repression in relation to the question of drugs is an impasse”according to the MEP, including when it comes to hard drugs like cocaine. “For harder drugs, you would need medical advice, or even a prescription, that is to say there is medical monitoring” like the “Substitute products”he explained.

🔴 Creation of a repentant status for drug traffickers ➡️ “That’s not where we should start. The question of all repression in relation to the question of drugs is a dead end,” judge David Cormand. pic.twitter.com/h5POZM6yGk

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On the issue of cannabis, according to David Cormand, legalization does not lead to an increase in the number of consumers. “All public health specialists, including in terms of security, find it absurd to continue to mobilize justice forces, police forces for the issue of cannabis”adds the MEP.

TotalEnergies is thinking of leaving the CAC40: “Fed up with the blackmail of these people”

“I’m fed up with the blackmail of these people who are accumulating billions in profits at the expense of consumers, because they are fine with the fact that gasoline is expensive”reacts David Cormand, while TotalEnergies says it is considering transferring its main listing from the CAC40 to the New York Stock Exchange.

The CEO of Total Patrick Pouyanné notably mentioned Europe’s reluctance regarding its strategy, which consists of continuing to invest in fossil fuels to continue to remunerate its shareholders and to finance its transition to low-cost energy. carbon. When Total says it is making its transition “They’re lying, it’s not true!”is indignant, the former national secretary of the Greens, affirming that the group is reinvesting “90% of its turnover in fossil fuels”.

🔴 Listing of Total on the New York Stock Exchange ➡️ “I’m fed up with the blackmail of these people who are accumulating billions at the expense of the planet (…) We have proposed the resumption of control of the six biggest fossil European majors”, reacts David Cormand. pic.twitter.com/gVptgmGasK

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In terms of ecological transition, “if we want to be efficient, in the face of regulations, we need investment, reorient our economy”, says the MEP. Hence the proposal, put forward by the environmentalist candidate for the European elections Marie Toussaint, to “the takeover of the six main European fossil majors which do the same work as Total” in order to “provide the industrial means to do it”.

“If you agree with Glucksmann, you must vote for The Greens!”

Asked about the campaign of the Ecologist list in the European elections, credited with 8% of voting intentions, David Cormand believes that his party is making a “strong campaign”. “We see that at the European level, there is the great temptation to step back, by attacking ecology”particularly in agricultural matters, analyzes the MEP.

On the possible transfer of environmentalist voters to the list led by Raphaël Glucksmann, David Cormand believes that“we are right to vote for Glucksmann if we are socialists”. “At European level, what the Socialist Group votes for [le groupe de l’Alliance Progressiste des Socialistes et Démocrates, où siègent les eurodéputés Place publique], that’s not what Glucksmann says in France, believes David Cormand. So if you agree with what Glucksmann says in France, the list you should vote for is The Greens!”

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