Who is Jean-Marc Governatori, solo ecological candidate for the regional ones

Green centrist

He stood out in 2012 when, as a candidate for the presidential candidacy, he began a hunger strike to protest against the inequality of access to the media. Since 1993, this “centrist” ecologist has been running regularly, but without success, in local elections in his region of Nice. In 2001, he joined François Bayrou’s UDF for two months. “I interested him because I was wealthy. ” But, since 2019, he has been a partner of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) as co-manager of Cap Ecologie. By presenting himself to the regional of June 20 and 27 in PACA, he has just committed an infidelity to his political family, because EELV is allied with a union list on the left while, according to him, “Ecology should not be on the left “. He therefore presents himself alone, “But I will be with EELV for the presidential election “, he specifies.

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Wealthy entrepreneur

Her father was a carpenter, her mother a housewife. As a child, he read Confucius rather than Pif gadget. A business school graduate, he created several businesses (he was notably the first franchisee in France for the Fly furnishing chain), which enabled him to make a fortune. It won’t deliver numbers, but says: “I am a big French taxpayer. ” In 1997, he received the trophy for the best entrepreneur in France. “In 2000, I sold everything. To write books [il en a publié une dizaine] and devote myself to political ecology. ”

Former support of Francis Lalanne

Governatori and the “singer with the ponytail” share two consuming passions: football and the dream of changing society. The two men have multiplied collaborations within very small parties: in particular La France d’en bas, in 2014, and the Independent Ecologist Alliance since 2009. Lalanne and Governatori support, in the media for one and financially for the other , the movement of “yellow vests”, but the singer’s stubbornness forces him to distance himself. “We’re on good terms, but I don’t agree with his conspiratorial positions. ”

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Bad campaign accounts

After the legislative elections of 2002, the Constitutional Council sanctioned him with one year of ineligibility for irregularities in his campaign accounts, “Even though I had withdrawn and borrowed money from my own companies… “. AT From 2016, he created the 100% Movement, which brings together small green citizen movements under the same electoral banner. Disappointed candidates accuse him of getting rich on their backs. “I mostly paid 100% of their campaign. It cost me 4.8 million euros. ” EELV confirms that he looked to see if Governatori was dragging pans and found nothing. “I am often subject to controversy, because I have significant financial means, and in politics, it is rare. “