The leader of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, announced to Nouvel Obs on Wednesday, October 22, her candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, which will require an official nomination by her party in early December, and a left-wing primary in preparation.
For the 39-year-old elected official, who took over as leader of the Ecologists in December 2022, this candidacy is “an act of love for France.”
Stating herself “convinced that the path exists for a victory” for the left and the Ecologists, she is expected to be nominated by her party and hopes to win the left-wing and Ecologists primary, the rules of which will be announced before the end of the year. In addition to Marine Tondelier, former LFI MPs François Ruffin and Clémentine Autain are already candidates.
“I’ll probably have to fight twice as hard.”
Considering that “the key to victory is a candidacy that resonates with as many left-wing voters as possible,” she says she is confident that the primary for the left and the Greens will take place, even if La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Place Publique leader Raphaël Glucksmann refuse to participate.
National Secretary of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier
Marine Tondelier also proposes “a debate on the subject.” “I prefer to debate it with them now rather than when it’s too late and they’ll be blaming each other for the failure,” she says.
“I come from a region where people don’t bow their heads. Today, I want to help raise the heads of an entire country,” says the elected representative from Hénin-Baumont (Pas-de-Calais), who forged her political career fighting the far right in this stronghold of the National Rally.
“I’m a young, green woman, I come from the Pas-de-Calais mining region, so I’ll probably have to fight twice as hard as others: I’m ready for it,” adds Marine Tondelier, who believes that “a green president must be a shield for the French people.”
“I will put everything I have in me into it. Not only to prevent our country from falling into the hands of the far right, but also to repair what has been damaged: public services, democracy, the environment, and also the bond between the French people,” she promises.
Convinced that “popular support” for ecological solutions is “massive,” she notes that “our challenge is to transform it into political support. Not to present a presidential candidacy is to ignore this challenge. I will not back down.”
