It is within the framework of the march “we do not wait!” On this day before the first round of the legislative elections, that activists wanted to recall their requirements for the climate
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A little disappointed by the weak presence of activists of the climatic and environmental causes, Lou Garcia, Victor Quilichini and Pierre Taïeb, activists of the young relay, are nevertheless happy to be there, Place Blanche, in the 9
thus named in reference in particular to the legislative elections of which the first round is held the next day, this event, which takes place in many cities in France, wanted to be a point of convergence of anti-racist, feminist struggles, for undocumented , against police violence, against the extreme right … and “for social and climatic justice”.
The three young people walked, also pedalled, for three and a half months, for some 3,000 kilometers and twenty stages in most major cities in France, to “replace the challenges of democracy, social justice and environment At the center of the national debate “, as proclaims the manifesto which led them to debate throughout the country. 2>” small government rearrangements ”
It was with this march that they had decided to close their journey, also bringing the “witness”, a cylinder containing their manifesto “we take over”, at the climate academy, in the 4 e
é> arrondissement of Paris, where they left on February 20.
Student in political science in Paris, the 25 -year -old Montpellier, Lou Garcia does not regret her long and tiring march. “I have radicalized in my commitments and I will have no trouble practicing civil disobedience, given the gravity of the situation and the inaction of governments.”
The electoral deadline of June 12 as the first measures of the government of Elisabeth Borne hardly reassure the activists. “We expect deputies that they carry ecological values and social justice. It is they who decide the budget or the possibility of sanctioning the companies that pollute, adds Lou. It is their role to plan and support the people to implement the ecological transition. “
For Victor Quilichini, 21, student of biology, native of the Kremlin Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne), “small rearrangements at the government level [with a Prime Minister supported by a secretary general for ecological planning] Will hardly be enough. We are very far from what to do “.
convergence of struggles
Throughout their journey, the ten young people who have traveled the entire loop, met with activists of course, but also many farmers, with whom they often slept, citizens and some elected officials. “It was not necessarily environmentalists or convinced alternatives, the meetings were rich, as in Roubaix with residents who had transformed an industrial wasteland into a garden to share, in a third place for the locals, the young”, Recalls Victor.
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