Former environment minister Delphine Batho announced this Tuesday, November 25 at Ob his candidacy in the 2027 presidential election to ward off a “rikikization” and one “disappearance” ecology, says “in front of” in the left-wing primaries. “I have decided to run for president.” said the man who served as Minister of Ecology under François Hollande’s government in 2012-2013, in an interview posted online Tuesday evening.
The 52-year-old former socialist, who is now president of the Génération Ecologie party, justified his decision with Ecologist Marine Tondelier’s desire to join future left-wing primaries – which he has also announced in Ob. According to Delphine Batho, they “crossed out Rubicon, declared that there would be no environmental activist vote in the first round”.
“This is not a personal matter, but a choice aimed at rebuilding an ecology capable of governing in France. If other environmental figures are ready to break the logic of disappearances, we are completely open and in favor of holding a primary election among environmental activists. added members for Deux-Sèvres. He has been an unsuccessful candidate in the environmental activist primary for the 2022 presidential election. “Ecology is a work in progress “rikikization”if I dare say so. They are on their way to becoming satellites of the far left. he complained.
The boss of Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, also declared his candidacy, but used his party’s colors in the left-wing primaries that several forces – except Raphaël Glucksmann and Jean-Luc Mélenchon – tried to organize. “I oppose these primaries.” Delphine Batho insisted, assessing it “Unity discourse is an attempt to cover up” Who “hides emptiness, and within this emptiness, there is much ambiguity”.