The second constituency of Bordeaux is “absolutely winnable“, estimates today Nicolas Thierry, regional councilor EELV chosen as candidate by the Popular Union in the 2nd district of the Gironde. In view of the scores achieved in the first round by Jean-Luc Mélenchon (30%) and Yannick Jadot (21 %) in the first round of the presidential election in the constituency, theelectoral base seems comfortable to him : “If we combine the two scores, there are good reasons to believe that we can win…”
“Emmanuel Macron wants to make ecology a major theme of his five-year term… I want to take him at his word! “, engages the candidate, smirking. “Let’s send a maximum of environmental deputies to the assembly, to force this president twice condemned by justice for climate inaction to finally act!“
The alliance between the different forces of the leftNicolas Thierry sees it above all as a asset : “With the town halls won, we have a good local presence, like the Socialist Party. LFI is less established locally, but does rather well in national elections“. He sees in it a beautiful mark of complementarity. “Activists from different political forces will be able to tow together, mix militant cultures“, specifies his substitute Florence Guery. “We want to project ourselves sustainably with LFI, commit to passing the same laws“, adds Nicolas Thierry, who still sets a limit, Europe. “We need a federal Europe, there is no question of getting out of the treaties“.
Catherine Fabre invited to a debate
Facing him, therefore, the outgoing LREM deputy Catherine Fabre, which made headlines with its proposal to invite 25% of voters in its constituency to dinner. “It seems to me demagogue and not up to par“, reacts Nicolas Thierry. “I invite him to a serious debate, on the merits, so that we talk about retirement, climate, health, purchasing power, so that we are up to the challenge. She is an outgoing MP, we can’t be content as a program to invite 25% of voters to dinner, it’s not serious“.
To justify his legitimacy to be present in this 2nd constituency of the Gironde, Nicolas Thierry wishes to recall that “it’s been 17 years“that he lives in the Saint-Michel district, where he practices, among other things, martial arts.”We have a dynamic, green town hall, we formulate proposals“, he completes. The candidate ends by recalling his score at the 2021 regionals, where he achieved a judged score “very correct“by 14% in the second round.