The EELV ecologists officially appoint this Saturday in Rungis their new national secretary, Marine Tondelier, known for her fight against the RN in Pas-de-Calais, who will have the heavy task of repairing a party weakened by its divisions and ” the ‘case’ Julien Bayou.
The new leader will take the reins of a party in crisis after the disappointing result of Yannick Jadot in the presidential elections (4.6%), but also entangled in a duel between the former candidate and the ecofeminist deputy Sandrine Rousseau, and finally in the turbulence of accusations of psychological violence against a former campaign filed against the outgoing national secretary, Julien Bayou, who denies it.
internal tensions
As expected, the 400 congressmen must elect Marine Tondelier, 36, little known to the general public but to the outgoing leadership of the movement, which came out ahead in the first round, on November 26, with 47% of the vote. member votes. .
Among the other five heads of the list, all women, only two obtained more than 10%: Sophie Bussière (18%), supported by Yannick Jadot; Mélissa Camara (13.5%), supported by Sandrine Rousseau and part of the left wing of the EELV.
With her comfortable lead, Marine Tondelier has entered negotiations with her competitors to secure a large majority in the management team on Saturday.
But the future national secretary, who campaigned on the “collective” denouncing the internal disputes that divide the party, will not have been able to escape internal tensions.
He was hoping to get just one wrap-up motion by the time of the final vote of the 400 delegates, but he may not get all the other motions in his line. Melissa Camara could introduce her own motion.
His team had left unsatisfied with the ongoing negotiations for several days, in particular on the still thorny issue of the distribution of the 15 executive office posts and on the relationship with the left-wing Nupes alliance concluded in May between LFI, EELV, the PS and the CPF.
Divisions around the Nupes
Judging that the line was clearly chosen in the first round by the activists, Marine Tondelier has indeed raised her demands: a summary motion based on her initial motion, and no possible evolution on the question of alliances and the European elections.
A blocking point for Melissa Camara’s team, which wants to fly the colors of the Nupes and advocates not closing the door to a common left-wing list for the Europeans of 2024.
On the contrary, Marine Tondelier promises an independent EELV list to European women and, without rejecting the Nupes, wants to prioritize the creation of a “great political ecology movement”.
The Chamber team also denounces the positions they have been offered within the executive office, and rejects the “garments of solidarity” requested by Marine Tondelier.
“If they want to represent the party, they cannot criticize it from the outside,” explains the entourage of the future leader, who wants a “benevolent and inclusive” party.
“Divergent voices no longer have the right to express their differences,” lamented Alain Coulombel, number 2 on Melissa Camara’s list.
The other three motions, which could negotiate with her, should in turn join the new direction.
rebuild the party
Marine Tondelier aims to rebuild the EELV, whose name she wants to change, by modifying its internal rules, which are often considered complex and not conducive to the conquest of power.
The elected northerner, who defends a “popular ecology”, wishes to “massify” the party, especially in the direction of rural territories and working-class neighborhoods, and gather a million ecological sympathizers at the end of her term.
Source: BFM TV
