European environmental parties are calling on US Green Party candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her candidacy for the presidential election and support Democrat Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump.
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An election “too close”
The race for the White House “is too tight to be reassuring”, write European environmentalists in a press release. “We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race and we support Kamala Harris for President of the United States.”
Evoking a « moment crucial », marked by a climate crisis, threatened democracies, raging wars and a “authoritarianism growing around the world”they call on Jill Stein to support Kamala Harris, who they believe is the “the only candidate capable of preventing Donald Trump and his anti-democratic and authoritarian policies from gaining access to the White House,” they write.
“We don’t want a second Trump presidency”relays the head of the French environmental party, Marine Tondelier, who supports Kamala Harris, “for the climate, for peace, for women, for democracy”.
« Divergences »
European ecologists also emphasize “their differences” with the American Green Party. “The American Greens are no longer members of the global organization of green parties. This fissure results in part from their relations with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious political differences on key issues, including Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine. they recall.
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