Strasbourg: For the Greens, Summer Days under the sign of unity

The outfits are still summery under the rainy sky, but the atmosphere is at work. "It always makes me smile when I see political back-to-schools in mid-September! For us, it's August 20, because we're determined and already focused," warns Marine Tondelier , national secretary of the Ecologists.

This Wednesday in Strasbourg, on the eve of the launch of her party's Summer Days, the leader warned of "existential" threats to society: that of "an ecology that is under heavy attack" and the danger "of the arrival of fascists in power. There is a global domino effect: it happened in the United States, France is one of the possible dominoes, and all of Europe."

The Summer Days, from today to Saturday, will clearly focus on the 2026 municipal elections, a sort of crash test for the party before the presidential election the following year. From Strasbourg, where Green mayor Jeanne Barseghian is running for re-election , Marine Tondelier is calling for "the broadest possible unions" in view of the municipal elections, specifying that there are "no red lines." "The party will put all its energy into putting oil in the wheels, but nothing is decided in advance."

The meeting is therefore an opportunity to take the temperature of the agreement on the left, with several guests who will be closely scrutinized: the socialist Olivier Faure , François Ruffin (Debout!), Alma Dufour (LFI), Clémentine Autain (L'Après), Lucie Castets , the PCF and Génération.s. Only Raphaël Glucksmann 's Place Publique party has not specified whether it will be represented.

2,500 supporters, executives, and elected officials are expected in Strasbourg. "This isn't a showcase for political ecology, but rather workshops, work, a phase where we recharge our batteries," says Bas-Rhin Senator Jacques Fernique . An opportunity to recharge our batteries before a return to school "peppered with anger," as the environmentalists describe it, confirming their support for the "Block Everything" movement of September 10.

Another hot topic is the vote on a motion of censure against François Bayrou 's government: "Nothing has changed, it's getting worse, obviously we're going to continue to denounce it," announces Strasbourg Green MP Sandra Regol . Marine Tondelier hammers home the point: "I don't see anything to say no to censorship."