They finally agreed on a name. Sixteen days after the second round of the legislative elections, which saw the left-wing union come out on top, the New Popular Front announced in a press release on Tuesday that it will propose Lucie Castets to enter Matignon and form a government. Little known to the general public, Lucie Castets is a senior civil servant committed to defending public services.
In an interview with AFP, this Norman woman, originally from Caen, said she accepted “in all humility but with great conviction“the proposal of the left parties. She considers herself to be a candidate”credible and serious“for the post of Prime Minister and says he wants to carry”the repeal of the pension reform“if she arrives at Matignon.
The left-wing parties are now calling on the head of state to “recognize the election result and name her“, as the national secretary of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier wrote. But during his interview this Tuesday evening, Emmanuel Macron again considered that the left-wing parties had not “no majority” in the Assembly, de facto rejecting the proposal of the New Popular Front.
Emmanuel Macron “wants to forcefully impose his new Republican Front on us and force us to renounce our program in order to form an alliance with him. That is out of the question.”deplored the rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.The Republican Front is not a program, but a democratic reflex. Macron attempts a culpable diversion“, criticized the head of the PS Olivier Faure, believing that the denial “leads to the policy of the worst.”
Fight against tax fraud and retirement at 64
In its press release, the New Popular Front presents Lucie Castets as committed to “the defense and promotion of public services” et “against retirement at 64“. This senior official has “works at the repression of tax fraud and financial crime“.
Currently Director of Finance and Purchasing for the City of ParisLucie Castets is one of the leading figures of collective “Our public services”resolutely opposed to the outgoing government’s policy for the civil service.She has a remarkable professional career in the service of the State and local authorities, with strong commitments to tax justice and the fight against tax evasion.”the co-founder of “Our Public Services” Arnaud Bontemps emphasizes to AFP. “He is a person who is very committed to the school, the hospital, and social justice.”he adds. “She goes very quickly on sometimes very complex subjects, she is very human, close to people”he assures.
Lucie Castets’ career. © Visactu
The NFP, which has been claiming the post of Prime Minister since it came out on top in the legislative elections, but without an absolute majority, believes that Lucie Castets will be “strong in our full commitment to her in the government that she will lead“.
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