EELV results for Europeans: environmentalists are struggling in the polls

Trailing in the polls, the Europe-Ecology-The Greens party is struggling in the hope of seeing its candidates installed in the European Parliament.

The French environmental group seems to be on a bad start a few weeks before the European election. The list led by MEP Marie Toussaint finds itself with 5.5% to 8% voting intentions, neck and neck with La France Insoumise and Les Républicains. Above all, it is increasingly left behind by Raphaël Glucksmann's Place Publique-PS list which peaks at 13%. Already in 2019, EELV led by Yannick Jadot had not really won over the French, but with 13.5% of votes the environmentalist party still came first among the left-wing parties. A goal that seems unlikely this year. The problem does not seem to come from ecological issues which are always a concern for the French, but the current political and social climate coupled with the divide between the left-wing parties does not serve the interests of the Europe-Ecology-Les Verts group.

For the 2024 election, environmentalists want to “create a mobilization campaign that unites around the values ​​of Justice, Peace and Ecology”. And on the front line, Marie Toussaint wants to “make the fight against poverty and inequalities the true European backbone”. With this in mind, she proposes that "the impact of all budgets, laws, programs on the poorest 20% and 10% be analyzed" and supports the creation of "a European welfare state".

A committed activist and law graduate, Marie Toussaint is the head of the EELV party list for the next European elections. Member of the European Parliament since 2019, his main achievements are the founding of the NGO “Our business for all” in 2015 in collaboration with Oxfam, Greenpeace and Foundation for Nature and Man which manages to condemn the State French for its lack of commitment to the fight against global warming. In Parliament, Marie Toussaint is best known for pushing for the recognition of ecocide in European law.

Europe Ecology The Greens want to make Europe greener and more social and particularly wish to tackle the project to create the A69 between Toulouse and Castres. This starts with a three-step overhaul of the agricultural pact. EELV wants to cancel farmers' debt and offer them a guaranteed income for 3 years while leaving free trade agreements "which impose an unfair application on European farmers". According to them, we must also ban new GMOs which are a disaster for biodiversity and do not guarantee an effective reduction in the use of pesticides.

The EELV party aims to rid Europe of “toxics” by banning certain substances deemed dangerous for health and the planet. To respect the objectives of the Paris agreement and stay below the 1.5°C mark of global warming, the environmentalist list led by Marie Toussaint also wants to push member countries to renounce "any new oil, gas or mining projects " and gradually move away from fossil fuels. The same goes for the treatment of the seabed. According to them, the European Union "must set an example and position itself against exploitation in deep waters" to preserve the oceans.

On the social issue, EELV positions itself in favor of a more feminist Europe, wishes to accentuate the fight for equality between the sexes, facilitate access to abortion and further involve member countries in the fight against poverty .

The EELV list was one of the first to be known in full. It includes 81 names, one for each seat in the European Parliament reserved for French elected officials. But not all environmentalist candidates will be elected. According to the results of the polls, it is estimated that less than 10 the number of green candidates could be installed in Parliament, compared to 12 in 2019.