Jose Bove, played by Polly Laniers in the cinema

A look back at a political scandal that actually existed in 2013. In “A matter of principle.”Polly Laniers plays José Bove, an MEP who fights the tobacco lobby. “It made me happy because I love him so much and he let me smoke a pipe again!”The actor laughs. “During the Greens symposium, I learned that the Health Commissioner was fired. “I wonder what could have happened to him being kicked out the door even though he got his tobacco directive.”José Bove explains. “It starts like this, and we find ourselves in a dilemma with the President of the Commission, Mr. Barroso, pulling the strings.”

“We are fortunate that in Brussels and Strasbourg, there is always this displacement that happens every month, which means that the buildings are empty, every month or every three weeks.”Polly Lanners confirms. The European Parliament, where José Bove was not necessarily welcome, while running with Daniel Cohn-Bendit: “I wasn’t trained to be an MP, I’m a unionist, I’ve been at work, we’ve harvested GMOs, we’ve had adventures with McDonald’s.”

“I am very shocked that environmentalists are being treated as eco-terrorists.”

“Depending on the periods, the balance of power, political forces and lobbyists hate environmentalists. I’m very shocked when we criminalize, when we treat environmentalists as eco-terrorists, it’s complete disdain for the victims of terrorism. “Some people need to pull themselves together.” And we can Continue to speak out in the public interest.”, believes the former MEP. Regarding lobbyists and pressure on the European Union, José Bove believes so “Everything is focused on Europe today.”. “It disturbs the empires, China, Russia, the United States. We are a tough guy, so we face all the pressure. From Qatar, and from Morocco, we have doubts with Russia and China. But we talk about it, and with every crisis we try to move forward.”José Bove recalls.

“I entered the political office, the outside function, I was there in the street for certain things, but nothing could happen to them. It would be nice to fill the lines in the house, in the same way as the whole family.” in the street” Polly Laniers, who for his part believes that the repression of environmental activists is a reality “hallucination” in France, “Unmatched” What he knows in Belgium.