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The campaign has started for candidates for the early legislative elections, following the dissolution. In the Lot, some have already decided, others are waiting for their party to be inaugurated, others are hesitant. For some, it’s also radio silence.
The phone never stops ringing among outgoing parliamentarians and aspirants from Lot. After the drama of Sunday evening, we had to decide very quickly while the negotiations between the different political parties are going well this Tuesday. So who will go? Who won’t go?
Huguette Tiegna
The outgoing Renaissance MP is awaiting confirmation from the party but she is already ready to leave. “I’m leaving again, that’s clear. I’m ready to go and ask for the trust of the Lotois again,” she confides to us. “My motivation is to continue to defend my humanist values. After the legislative elections, we need a form of union to preserve them. It is often said that it is good to live in the Lot where the majority result is rather positive but we must not leave our achievements in the hands of adventurers. The RN has no record in the Lot. As a good Republican, we must find a solution. I have already put my shoes back on and I am running for this campaign. announced as a sprint. This is not the time to leave the ship. Macron has decided to give the citizens a voice because since 2022, things are not really moving forward without an absolute majority. didn’t understand.”
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Aurélien Pradie
The outgoing LR deputy has not responded to any of our requests since Sunday evening. But on Twitter, the MP published messages which imply a new candidacy. “Dear Lotois, with you. More than ever. For a long time”, this Monday followed by a photo of his white 4L that he had used during his last campaign in 2022 indicating that it was “ready”. As a reminder, Aurélien Pradié was elected with 64% of the votes during these last elections in the Cahors constituency.
Thierry Grossemy
He was a candidate for Nupes in the 2nd constituency in 2019. At the end of a very close second round, he finally lost by 127 votes to Huguette Tiegna.
“Discussions are underway for a rally, but on the NUPES program. Personally, I want an agreement. Whoever is against it will bear the responsibility of having the National Rally elected. Because, this time, it is not as in 2022, we risk opening the door to the far right. In this context and these conditions, I am waiting for the left forces to agree. Then we will see who the candidate will be. national, I hope that the PS will do the same this time because, some agree for a rally of the left, but behind them the PS is no longer hegemonic on the left. it was the retention of Christophe Proença in the 2nd round which made it possible to elect Huguette Tiegna (deputy of the presidential majority). I had the lead from the 1st round, and in the second round, in a triangular, I missed him. Only 126 votes to win the election This must not happen again. We rally behind the candidate who can win. I have the legitimacy to be the candidate. The PS must give us room, it must understand this. “
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Elsa Bougeard
She had been positioned by Nupes in the 1st constituency and lost to Aurélien Pradié with 35% of the votes.
“We will follow the national agreement in a very disciplined manner and we hope to have a single candidate. Otherwise, we are heading for disaster. We can clearly see what the result of the European elections gave, without unity of the left. All the activists are in battle order in any case, what seems logical to me is that the two Nupes candidates leave. Logic would therefore dictate that I be a candidate for the 1st constituency but I do not. not yet officially declare me as such, we cannot predict what will happen. In any case, I am ready As of Monday morning, we put up our posters And we encourage everyone to participate in the demonstrations against. the far right this weekend.
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Rémi Branco
The PS vice-president of the Department also announced that he was entering the race again. “The situation is serious, the RN with the complicity of the LR party is on the verge of taking power. It is no longer time for questions from anyone. Whatever happens, I will put all my strength into the battle to to win the new left popular front which is the only solution to beat the RN”, he tells us.
Christophe Proença
He did not answer our questions. The vice-president of the Department found himself in the final trio in 2022 in the Figeac constituency with 32.06% of votes, placing him in third place.
And the RN?
Winner of the European elections, the RN will not hesitate to send candidates to the two Lot constituencies. Gérard Blanchet, the departmental delegate, was not able to give us too many details this Tuesday, stressing that “the negotiations were underway at the national leadership of the party”. Will he himself be a candidate? Impossible to say at present. Will the candidates positioned in 2022, namely Cendrine Couturier in the 1st constituency and Armelle Le Gloannec in the 2nd constituency, leave again? Impossible to say.
