Yannick Jadot has been rare since the first round of the presidential election. He no longer responds to journalists who wonder where he went. To hope to hear from him and to see that he has not completely disappeared from political circulation, you have to leaf through the regional daily press. Thus, on May 17, the MEP signed a press release concerning the carbon border adjustment mechanism. He is doing quite normally, according to those around him. He travels. On Friday May 27, he was in Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique), to support Jean-Claude Raux, ecologist candidate for the New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) in the legislative elections of June 12 and 19.
He also went to visit Stéphane Ravacley, the non-party baker candidate of Besançon, on May 25. Near the bread oven, Yannick Jadot made a statement: “It’s a privilege to come and support Stéphane. It is very atypical, it is part of our ambition, we ecologists, in this great gathering, to bring to the National Assembly particular voices, which rise early. There are not many in the Assembly so it is important. » Stéphane Ravacley replied: “It is important that Mr. Jadot travels for us. We need these people to get us up the stairs. »
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On April 26, two days after Emmanuel Macron’s re-election, Yannick Jadot was the guest of France Inter’s morning show, his first and last interview to date since this dark first round. To say that he did not completely agree with the rallying of his party to Nupes behind a too hegemonic Jean-Luc Mélenchon. His desire not to disturb his party in the midst of negotiations with La France insoumise (LFI) can explain his long silence. Although he said: “I supported the prospect of a coalition and I support the fact that there are as many deputies in the National Assembly who support ecology. » At the same time, rumors sent him minister of the new government. He let it be known that he ruled out any possibility of rallying Emmanuel Macron.
Even if he asked himself the question of running for parliament, he believes that his mandate as an MEP remains useful for action in favor of the climate. He did not tell many people of his thoughts. An individualism for which he is increasingly criticized within an environmentalist party which will inevitably seek to recast itself in the coming months. He should not seek the head of the party at the next congress, scheduled for November, the statutes preventing any parliamentarian from doing so. Anyway, he was never very involved in the life of EELV. On the evening of April 10, once the result of the first round was known, after going up to the podium to urge not to give up on “the vital urgency of the battle for climate and biodiversity” and to call for Emmanuel Macron to vote against Marine Le Pen, he disappeared.
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