Senate: the environmental group refuses the membership of Gabriel Amard (LFI) but welcomes Marc Péré
The Ecologist-Solidarity and Territories group announced that no consensus had been found to integrate the rebellious senator, unlike Marc Péré.
Quick Look
- The Senate environmental group rejected the membership of LFI senator Gabriel Amard, due to lack of internal consensus.
- On the other hand, Marc Péré, elected to various left-wing positions supported by LFI and the Greens, will join the group while remaining administratively attached to LFI.
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Why It Matters
The Ecologist-Solidarity and Territories (Gest) group of the Senate held its first meeting after the senatorial elections. LFI sought to integrate its new elected officials into this parliamentary group.
The environmentalist group of the Senate will not welcome into its fold the first senator of La France insoumise, Gabriel Amard, for lack of internal "consensus", but will integrate the various left Marc Péré, elected with the support of LFI and the Greens, the group announced on Tuesday. “To date, a consensus has not emerged to allow Senator Gabriel Amard to be welcomed into the group. The final composition of the group and its new governance will be determined by Friday October 2 at the latest,” write the environmentalist deputies in a press release.
The scope of the Ecologist-Solidarity and Territories (Gest) group in the Senate was on the agenda for its first meeting Tuesday morning in the Senate, two days after senatorial elections which allowed the election of two senators who are members of or close to the Insoumis. In the Rhône, the deputy Gabriel Amard, also son-in-law of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, obtained his seat to everyone's surprise with an autonomous list opposed to a union list between The Ecologists and the Socialist Party.
In Haute-Garonne, the various left-wing mayor of L'Union, Marc Péré, established himself at the head of a list supported by LFI, Les Écologues and Génération.s. Several sources within LFI and the Ecologists indicated that an agreement had been signed for Marc Péré to sit in the environmentalist group in the event of victory, while being administratively attached to the LFI party.
Several senators were opposed to the arrival of an elected rebel in their ranks
While LFI did not have any elected representatives in the upper house before the vote, the two senators had asked to sit within the environmentalist group of the Senate, Gabriel Amard told AFP. But the environmental group only found a consensus for the attachment of Marc Péré, according to the group's press release. In recent days, several senators, including former presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, were strongly opposed to the arrival of a rebel elected official in their ranks.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Determination of the governance of the environmental group by October 2.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What will be the final governance of the environmental group?
- How will LFI react to this refusal?
