"L'affaire du Siècle" becomes the most signed petition in history in France, a sign of a real climatic leap
This is one of the most beautiful signs of the French ecological awakening which took place during the second half of 2018. The petition "The Affair of the Century" against the French State for climate inaction will become the most signed before the one on the El Khomri law. This is an opportunity given to the Head of State, in the midst of the Yellow Vests crisis, to speak out again on the need for a just transition in ecological and social terms.
Since the end of the summer 2018 and the resignation of Nicolas Hulot of the government, there has been a real ecological jump in France relayed by the two walks for the climate, the echo given to the report of the Giec or the unusual media coverage of the COP24 in Poland. The latest event is the threat to sue the French state for climate inaction launched by four NGOs: Greenpeace, Oxfam, the Foundation for Nature and Humankind (FNH) and the association Notre affaire à tous.
This announcement of 18 December, was accompanied by the launch of a petition whose impact is unexpected. In two days, it has collected more than a million signatures. And Friday, December 21, it has exceeded 1,3 million signatures, making it the most signed petition in history. It goes beyond the one demanding the withdrawal of Myriam El Khomri's Labor Law in 2016.
The text of the petition is a call for climate justice: "All over the world, citizens are seeking justice so that their fundamental rights are guaranteed in the face of climate change (...) So let's act for social and climate justice, let's take action justice so that France finally respects its commitments on the climate ".
A link with the yellow vests
This notion of social justice is not without reference to the current crisis of yellow vests. "While the investments necessary to remedy the disaster should be financed mainly by the better-off, the middle classes and the most disadvantaged today contribute in an undifferentiated way. The fight against climate change must not be done to the detriment of the more fragile ", write the four NGOs who rejoice at the" electroshock "caused by this text.
The success of the petition is also due to the panel of people who supported the text in a video that has been seen several million times on different social networks. Marion Cotillard, Juliette Binoche, the physicist Aurélien Barrau, the LEJ singers, the filmmaker Cyril Dion, the singer Abd Al Malik.
A response from the government
It remains to be seen how the government will respond to them. The Minister for the Ecological Transition, François de Rugy, reacted: "I am very happy that the citizens are mobilizing in numbers for the climate (…) On the mode of action, we can always discuss it again of course". But it is the word of President Emmanuel Macron that is expected.
Especially since it has just reacted to the petition yellow jackets against rising fuel prices. Launched in late November, it is approaching 1,2 million signatures as we write these lines. "You have suffered the full brunt of the rise in fuel prices, and have decided to react by signing this petition. Your message, I heard it. I am answering you directly: you are right," he wrote. "By calling me out with this petition, you have made a civic act. This dialogue, if you agree, I wish to continue it", he adds, calling for a meeting with the initiator Priscillia Ludosky.
Ludovic Dupin
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