Marseille: Emmanuel Macron projects France into “Great Ecological Nation” to seduce left electorate

In Meeting in the Pharo Park, Saturday, the president-candidate took over several proposals from his opponents of the first round, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot, and promised a new more ecological governance if he is re-elected.

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He had promised to “complete” his project inspired by that of his opponents. Emmanuel Macron took a step on Saturday, April 16, towards Jean-Luc Mélenchon, during a meeting in Marseille, the election city of the member of Bouches-du-Rhône.

In order to seduce the electorate of the leader of France unsuitable (LFI) – arrived third of the first round of the presidential election, on April 10, with 21.95% of the vote – but also that of the Ecologist Yannick Jadot (4.63%), the head of state projected France into “Great Ecological Nation”, which would be “the first to leave gas, oil and coal”. The promise of a bright future, in short, as the sun that radiated the grassy esplanade of the Pharo Palace, hence the Old Port appeared in the background.

Emmanuel Macron has thus assured that he heard the “strong message” addressed during the first round of the ballot on April 10, “to put the environment at the heart of [his] campaign”. A subject whose tenant of the Elysée intends to make a cleavage point with his opponent of the second round, Marine Le Pen, carriers according to him of a “climatosceptic project, who wants to leave ambitions” carbon neutrality in 2050, “of Climate Europe “, and” who wants to destroy wind turbines “.

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a prime minister “in charge of ecological planning”

On the contrary, it promises to go “twice as fast” in the reduction of greenhouse gases. To name, too, a prime minister “directly responsible for ecological planning”. An expression borrowed from Mr. Mélenchon’s program. The Tenant of Matignon would be supported by a “Minister of Energy Planning” and a “Minister for Territorial Ecological Planning”. The latter would have the charge of not letting “two anxieties face to face”: that of youth, concerned about the climate, and “those who fear too fast changes.” Education from the crisis of “yellow vests”.

“The policy I will lead within five years will be ecological or will not be”, continued Emmanuel Macron. In his own way, nevertheless. First, by focusing on nuclear power – unlike Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot -, who would be coupled to the development of renewable energies. Then, betting on innovation rather than “decay”, affirming want “to make ecology by continuing to produce”, even if the need to “plan an energy sobriety strategy”.

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