“The Socialist Party has not completely changed its ecologist”, estimated Saturday, October 23 on franceinfo Matthieu Orphelin, spokesperson for the EELV candidate Yannick Jadot in the next presidential election, while the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo held his first campaign meeting in Lille. “We can see that the dynamic for three weeks has been on the side of Yannick Jadot, we can see that for Anne Hidalgo, it is more complicated”, added Matthieu Orphelin.
franceinfo: What differentiates Anne Hidalgo from Yannick Jadot?
Matthieu Orphan: Anne Hidalgo has today taken up a lot of measures in the ecological program led by Yannick Jadot, in particular the climate ISF, which Eric Piolle had also strongly supported. Anne Hidalgo takes up ecological proposals. It shows that the future of this presidential election is ecology, and who better than Yannick Jadot and the ecologists to carry this beautiful project of social justice for the environment, for biodiversity, the climate and for the ‘ecology.
It also shows that there are two candidates who have roughly the same ideas. That’s one too many, right?
First, we see that in the Socialist Party, not everyone is on the same line. We saw it in their choice of candidacy, with Stéphane Le Foll opposite Anne Hidalgo, who is obviously much less proactive on the subject of ecology. I believe that the Socialist Party has not yet made its complete environmental transformation. Today, there are three candidates, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon, there are dynamics. We can see that the dynamic for three weeks is on the side of Yannick Jadot, we can see that for Anne Hidalgo, it is more complicated. I think this is not the start of the campaign that the Socialist Party imagined.
“We, our conviction, is that it is ecology that can be the focal point for a large gathering of progressive forces in this presidential election, to offer a credible alternative to Emmanuel Macron.”
Matthew Orphanto franceinfo
According to an Ipsos Sopra-Steria poll for franceinfo and Le Parisien-Today in France, 66% of those questioned want a single candidate from the left, without really believing in it. Does Yannick Jadot still believe in it?
We are still a long way from the presidential election which will take place on April 24. Anything can happen. Yannick Jadot was the first to suggest that all left-wing forces come together as early as April. They did so, and it could have been the occasion for an exchange and to see that some were not quite ready for this gathering. Today, our ambition is that the gathering must and will be done around ecology. We can see it in the field and we can also see it in the opinion polls. It is around ecology that the dynamic is born, the desire for hope for 2022, for a project to really change things in depth. Today, it is ecology that can be the driving force for 2022. We must give each and everyone time to find their way, to see if the coming weeks confirm that Yannick Jadot is indeed the best. placed, and we are obviously more than convinced of this.