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French ecologists have succeeded in electing eight candidates in parliament but their victory is clouded by the possibility of being derailed by business concerns, bureaucratic pragmatism and outdated vision of development. The precariousness of the green movement is also enhanced by an archaic conception of social management and powerful information networks that are controlled by French capitalists.

The nation state is in crisis, as is evident from examining environmental and social issues. Nation states attempt to set rules without being able to solve environmental problems. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can help to represent the aims of civil society at an international level and so offer new forms of environmental regulation. NGOs link the local and global. They are affected by constraints which mean that they may have to make compromises. They are affected by and are part of capitalist society, and are similar to enterprises in the way that they are run.