A desire to influence the parliamentary debate
Jean-François Julliard, Director General of Greenpeace, present in the procession, explains that the objective of this mobilization “is to effectively influence the work of parliamentarians which will start tomorrow in plenary session in the National Assembly, and to try to make them understand that this is kind of the last chance to ensure that this text, this ‘climate and resilience’ bill is really up to the ambition that it displays “.
PARIS – Strong mobilization for the event #MarcheClimate for a real #LoiClimat.
The bill will be considered in the National Assembly on March 29.
It is considered “not ambitious enough” by the demonstrators. pic.twitter.com/Wd6zd2HGQN
– Clement Lanot (@ClementLanot) March 28, 2021
“This text is there to ensure that France finds the trajectory of the Paris agreement and moves towards a reduction of at least 40% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030”, recalled Jean François Julliard. “We have the feeling that the government hears this societal pressure around climate and environment issues. So it is obliged to move in this direction, but it stops before having taken the right measures”, estimates the director long.
Parliamentarians and members of the Citizens’ Convention in the procession
Several parliamentarians were also present at the start of the Parisian procession including the leader of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the president of Generation Ecology Delphine Batho, the former LREM deputy Cédric Villani. Behind a head banner “For a real climate law Stop blah blah” the demonstrators began to march chanting in particular: “so-so-solidarity, with the citizens, of the CCC!”.
Numerous regional gatherings
The first gatherings also took place in the regions, such as in Saint-Etienne, where nearly 400 people marched behind a banner “Climate emergency, there is still time to act”. The government law is “so downward that it no longer makes sense,” said Bénédicte, a protester, for example. In Toulouse, they were 1,200 according to the prefecture, 2,500 according to the organizers, marching to the rhythm of fanfares with slogans like “the planet you want it blue or well cooked?”.
The turnout was about the same in Bordeaux. If the march is festive, the protesters denounce the “looting” of the proposals of the Citizens’ Convention. While the mayor of the city, Pierre Hurmic, denounces a “discount law”. In Lille, PS Mayor Martine Aubry, LFI MP Adrien Quatennens, EELV MEP and regional candidate Karima Delli or PCF national secretary Fabien Roussel were also present in a procession of about a thousand people.
Source site www.europe1.fr
