Green scarf on green dress, Fabienne Grebert was dressed in certainties, this Thursday morning in front of the Hôtel de Région (Lyon 2e). She will be, whatever happens, the one who will face Laurent Wauquiez next spring…. Alone or accompanied, at the head of a list of union of the left or in autonomy in the name of ecology ” rising and central », The future will tell.
But the mandate entrusted to him by the activists of the region, confirming a strategy already widely engaged by the candidate and the green tenors is clear: the union yes, but the union behind the Greens. Gathered in convention last Saturday and called to vote for four days, 2,000 activists have in fact validated at 55% the idea of rallying on the left while reaffirming, for two-thirds, that a head of the environmentalist list should be impose on all.
Head of the “non-negotiable” list
This is also a point ” non-negotiable »Before resuming negotiations confirms Fabienne Grebert. ” The wish of the signatories is that I remain the head of the list to lead this union », She insists, strong of this consultation which comes opportunely and in a moment sewn of white thread, to echo the poll unveiled by environmentalists a few days ago. This Harris Interactive survey, commissioned by the Greens, showed that 45% of the region’s inhabitants welcomed their arrival at the head of the Region and 48% approved of the retention of Laurent Wauquiez.
The framework is therefore conspicuously posed and the environmental candidate now gives herself a month to probe her potential partners, socialists, communists or rebels, and return to the militants with ” a meeting proposal ».
Discussions with NVB
As early as Wednesday evening, Fabienne Grebert also picked up her phone to inform Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, hypothetical socialist representative in the regional race, of the results of this consultation. The two women plan to reconnect in the coming days and continue discussions.
These are currently stumbling over the representativeness of each party. If they took a step towards the candidacy of Fabienne Grebet, the Socialists asked in exchange to be in the majority in a future regional executive. ” A little convoluted as a thing, right? “Quickly evacuates the green candidate.
Lyon-Turin, nuclear … annoying subjects
And then, beyond the questions of places remain, sometimes insoluble, the basic questions, ” Lyon-Turin, nuclear, opening up to competition from rail »Echoes the environmentalist figurehead. ” We are going to work on all these points, we must find common ground for union ”, aspires the candidate. ” We want to make AuRA the first region which succeeds in the ecological transition and for that we must beat Laurent Wauquiez who does not understand the aspirations for change of the inhabitants and whose blows of com cost the taxpayers dearly. ».
The environmental campaign therefore continues, by locomotive, on the same tracks where it started a few weeks ago. The activists expressed another desire in this consultation: if no global agreement could be found, they would then want an independent candidacy, without any partial union with one or other of the left parties. As if to underline the prospect, Fabienne Grebert had taken care to gather in front of the Hôtel de Région her 13 leaders in the departments of the region, a way of reminding everyone that the option of an autonomous candidacy is real and ready.
The union behind the ecologists or nothing in short. On this non-negotiable basis, the discussions can resume … The other left parties should not be long in saying what they think of the proposed market.
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