BTW Monsieur Hulot is one of my all time favourites: all of his films are not only superb, but have coloured ny view of the French forever ;-) (in a good way of course)
His 10 objectives, I would guess, are mainstream ET. I for one would say they are very clear and 100% supportable priorities.
As for the Greens, I think that tactical voting never has the consequences that are envisaged. What I want to see in ANY political contest are candidates with clear visions about which they are passionate and uncompromising. M. Hulot sounds like one of these - and he has an apparently spotless track record of devotion to these vital issues.
He also has the looks - never a small issue in these days of celebrities with nothing to celebrate.
I will draw the attention of my friends at the Swedish Folk Party to the 10 objectives. You can't be me, I'm taken
An idea he puts up is that the government should use redirected CAP money to subsidise the organisation of direct supply of foodstuffs (local as possible, organic or other high-quality) for school and university meals, works canteens, retirement and nursing homes, hospitals -- the whole gamut of institutional meals -- so as to provide a large market and kickstart a much bigger chain of quality food production. I think this is a very interesting idea. One of the difficulties (and one of the reasons for the higher cost of) quality food production is the lack of large, well-organised distribution networks, beyond the all-too-well organised big supermarket chains, which boa-constrict the small producer.
I should stress that these are not so much his own ideas as those of environmentalists and agriculturalists he works with, like Pierre Rabhi and the environmental org Comité de Veille Ecologique. He's not working with the wrong people.
As for tactical voting, well... There's a parliamentary election to follow the presidential. By concluding an alliance, the Greens can have a group in the Assemblée Nationale. That does all the same guarantee a certain degree of influence. Secondly, Dany Cohn-Bendit does underline a real weakness in Hulot's strategy: what call can he make for the second round if (as is likely) both final candidates have signed his pact?
This is why I tend to think (like many others) that he doesn't really intend to go all the way, just put the pressure on the candidates and ensure that environmental issues are part of the campaign.
Yes! Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
