The New Popular Front agreed on Tuesday, July 23, to propose to the President of the Republic the name of Lucie Castets, a senior civil servant committed to defending public services, for the post of Prime Minister.
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An hour before Emmanuel Macron’s television interview and after 16 days of negotiations that nearly caused the left’s union to implode, the partners of the New Popular Front – socialists, environmentalists, communists and La France Insoumise – finally managed to agree on a name.
Lucie Castets, 37, is involved in the ” associative struggles for the defense and promotion of public services “, but also ” in the battle of ideas against retirement at 64 ” and she is a “ senior official who worked on the repression of tax fraud and financial crime “, specifies a press release from the NFP.
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An hour before Emmanuel Macron’s television interview and after 16 days of negotiations that nearly caused the left-wing union to implode, the partners of the New Popular Front finally managed to agree on a name.
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 Ms Castets will be ” strong in our full commitment to her in the government that she will lead “.
Unknown to the general public
Lucie Castets is unknown to the general public. Currently director of finance and purchasing at the City of Paris, Ms. Castets is one of the leading figures of the 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 added. She goes very quickly on sometimes very complex subjects, she is very human, close to people. »
Lucie Castets, the senior civil servant proposed by the left for the post of Prime Minister, told AFP on Tuesday that she had accepted ” with all humility, but with great conviction “, considering herself to be a candidate” credible and serious » for Matignon.
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Asked about the identity of the new Prime Minister, while the New Popular Front (NFP) alliance proposed Lucie Castets as a candidate for Matignon a little earlier in the evening, the Head of State replied that it was not ” not the question “. ” The subject is not there, it is not a name, the question. The question is: what majority can emerge in the Assembly? “, blaming the parliamentary groups for the ” responsibility to find compromises “.
“ It is wrong to say that the New Popular Front would have a majority, whatever it may be. “, said the president on France 2, France Inter and franceinfo. “ The question is not a name. The question is what majority can emerge in the Assembly so that a government of France can pass reforms, pass a budget and move the country forward. “, he added in his first speech since the second round of early legislative elections.
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