At Les Verts, the congress scheduled for December is already stirring the spirits

An environmentalist warns, with a smirk: “At the Greens, a congress is never decided in advance. A thousand things can happen.” This internal meeting scheduled for December is as expected as it is feared. Objective: to put the party back on track after a rout in the presidential election up to 4.6%, and find a strategy to resist the hegemonic threat of the Insoumis. For the ecologists, it will also be an opportunity to appoint a new chef. Elected deputy before the summer, Julien Bayou gives up his post of national secretary – the statutes of EELV prohibit the cumulation. His estate is open. It will begin to bubble during the summer university, which opens this Thursday in Grenoble, until Saturday.

The applications will be numerous and the surprises possible, but an heiress is designated: Marine Tondelier. Favorite, the 36-year-old environmentalist – not officially a candidate – is a member of the executive board and of the majority motion that carried Julien Bayou to victory in 2019. Elected…