The representative of the LFI Paul Vannier, one of the negotiators of the party, received this announcement coldly that he was close to Emmanuel Macron.
Published on 07/16/2024 00:00
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Economist Laurence Tubiana, June 29, 2020, in Paris. (MARIN LUDOVIC/AFP)
The PS, environmentalists and communists recommended Laurence Tubiana for the post of Prime Minister at LFI, France Télévisions learned on Monday 15 July. At the age of 73, this economist was an ambassador for the COP21 negotiations, chaired the Citizens’ Climate Convention and heads the European Climate Foundation.
The representative of the LFI Paul Vannier, one of the negotiators of the party, received this announcement coldly that he was close to Emmanuel Macron. “I cannot believe that after vetoing the candidacy of Huguette Bello, Olivier Faure is preparing to try to impose the candidacy of Macron suitable for Matignon on the New Popular Front.”he said on. The rebels had, a little earlier, rejected the idea of a civil society figure for the post of Prime Minister, announcing the suspension of discussions for Matignon.
Laurence Tubiana co-signed a recent article i The world urging the NFP “soon to contact other activists on the Republican front to discuss a Republican emergency program and government”.
The one who defines herself as “leftist woman and environmentalist” which was sometimes mentioned during the negotiations of the Macronists to form previous governments, without ever continuing. Laurence Tubiana has been chairman of the European Climate Foundation since 2017 and was notably an environmental adviser to Lionel Jospin from 1997 to 2002.
