“We are ready and ready to govern, unlike Elisabeth Borne”said this Friday on franceinfo Julien Bayou, the national secretary of Europe Ecology-The Greens, a member party of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), “because we have a program”. The composition of the government of the new Prime Minister will be announced in the afternoon, four days after her appointment. La Nupes presented its “shared program” Thursday.
“We made a demanding deal in two weeks, that’s less time than it took the president to find a prime minister who would accept the job.”
Julien Bayou, national secretary of EELVat franceinfo
Between Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the presidential election and the arrival of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, more than three weeks have passed. “We take things seriously, methodically and it starts with the project” which is now “on the table”, he recalled. He boasted “exciting measures that can change lives”. “We are currently in the throes of Parcoursup, we want to end it and create the necessary places at the university so that everyone can choose their orientation”, he promised. The increase in the Smic to 1,500 euros net, retirement at 60, the freezing of prices or the creation of a million jobs thanks to the investment in the ecological bifurcation are also among the 650 measures of the “shared program” of Nupes.
However, the various parties gathered within this coalition did not manage to agree on all the subjects, like nuclear power. “Three quarters of the political forces, rebels, socialists, ecologists are for the end of nuclear power”, indicated Julien Bayou. “We are not asking the French Communist Party to change its mind”he assured, recalling that “every deputy has the right to vote in his soul and conscience”. Disagreements between the different components of the Nupes will be arbitrated “by parliament”where each partner will be able to defend its positions, indeed indicated the leader of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Thursday.