This Thursday, May 18, TMC viewers found “Daily” for a new program. Among the guests, the French environmental activist Camille Etienne. At 24, the young woman published her first book entitled “For an ecological uprising, to overcome our collective impotence” (Seuil). Like thousands of other young people, Camille Etienne urges rapid intervention to preserve the Earth. His stint on the show pissed off many internet users.
A contested figure. This Thursday evening, on the occasion of the broadcast of an unpublished piece, Yann Barthès and the columnists of “Quotidien” received the ventriloquist Jeff Panacloc, currently on tour in France with his new show, Zed Yun Pavarotti, on the occasion of the release of his second album “Encore” but also Camille Etienne, figure of the “climate generation”. The 24-year-old activist releases his first book, “For an ecological uprising, to overcome our collective impotence” (Seuil). Guest thread of the show, Camille Etienne reacted to the various subjects broadcast on set. Questioned by Yann Barthès, the activist for social and climate justice thus returned to his action, alongside other activists, against Crédit Agricole, the leading donor group and shareholder of Total, on the occasion of a general meeting. of the bank organized in Paris this week. Total finances “EACOP”, a gigantic pipeline currently under construction in Uganda, accused of causing an ecological and human catastrophe. During this action, the young woman was thus able to discuss with the managing director of Crédit Agricole, Philippe Brassac, who promised to listen to her without commenting on possible measures, specifying that such measures would take time. “No, no I’m sorry, I refuse that. (…) There are things with which we cannot negotiate: the only reality is the planetary limits, it is the fact that there, at the when I speak to you, in Vietnam, the temperatures are not possible, Spain is becoming a desert in 2023: we cannot negotiate with that“she said on set.
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Later in the show, Paul Gasnier questioned Camille Etienne on his complaint lodged against the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Lemaire, for “climate inaction”. At the time of this complaint, in a forum, she had even suggested that the minister take a 20-hour training course on ecological issues. In a subject broadcast in “Daily”, the minister, who is currently traveling to France, appears to be perfectly aware of the ecological subject and admits having followed part of the training suggested by Camille Etienne: “I did it follow all my cabinet and I train I will not say every day but almost. I was a total ball on the subject, I do not hide it “explained Bruno Lemaire at the microphone of the journalist. Stunned by this interview, Camille Etienne reacted: “This sequence is super worrying, eh. (…) In no way are the climate and growth reconcilable. Growth of what? Growth is now measured by GDP. (. ..) Do you want to work until you are 64 and extract all possible forests to make flashing sneakers or caramel-flavored disposable electronic cigarettes? .”. The passage in the show, the positions and some of the arguments of the young activist and activist have provoked strong reactions on Twitter…
