The President of Young People with Macron proposes to “transform the SNU into a national ecological service”

THE UNS, universal national service: three letters, for a bogged down project. If he considers this device “essential”, the president of Young with Macron (JAM), Ambroise Méjean, however, goes to “a simple observation”: ” The generalization of the SNU, at present, is compromised. Others would say that idea sucks.

What is blocking him? “We have to get more young people on board, change the spirit a bit. To be able to generalize the SNU, I propose to the President of the Republic to transform the universal national service into a national ecological service (SNE)”, he reveals to our newspaper.

“A generation trained in ecological transition”

Concretely, according to his copy, “half of the twelve days of SNE would be devoted to ecology through training and field actions”. “A whole generation would be trained in the ecological transition, relying on recognized experts. We would be the first country in the world to do that! “Aims the president of the JAM.

For “field actions”, he imagines “participation in the depollution of forests, beaches or rivers, in the fight against events caused by climate change, floods, fires”… All while keeping the initial format . “To keep the original spirit and its objective of social diversity, training in citizenship, it’s the obligation or nothing”, plant Méjean.

Except that the obligation has strong opponents, including within the majority. The project has therefore been hit by the monster protest against the pension reform. “It would be the fuel that ignites the fire among young people,” we heard internally before it was removed from the military programming law (LPM).

“Costly, useless”, knocks out a Renaissance deputy. Emmanuel Macron, on the other hand, holds there. He repeated it to the readers of Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France, at the end of April.

Respond to an aspiration of youth

“The theme of ecology can give new impetus because it responds to an aspiration of youth”, argues Méjean in return. It remains to be seen whether the executive will be convinced by his idea – transmitted to the president and to the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne. He also warned the Secretary of State for Youth, Sarah El Hairy, which carries the SNU of its initiative. It would then remain, if necessary, to p the test of the Parliament…

In any case, the proposal contains the opportunity for a political signal – necessary on this subject, judge many voices in the majority – while the Head of State is still struggling and always to silence the critics on his record in the matter.

He even revived them by calling Thursday at ” pause “ in the production of new environmental standards in Europe. Which does not mean “pause in climate ambition”, tried to reure Elisabeth Bornefrom Reunion.

Not enough to appease the anger of environmental officials and activists. “This quinquennium will be ecological or it will not be! “had however promised the candidate Macron, during the presidential campaign. Ambroise Méjean has not forgotten him. He even sees it as one more reason to transform the SNU into an SNE: “What could be better than training an entire generation in ecological transition, to make this five-year term an ecological one? »