The national agreement distributed the single candidates across the constituencies. LFI and the PS obtain two candidacies, the Greens and the PC one.
“The New Popular Front carries a story. A story of hope and victory.” At Prolé, this Friday evening, the secretary of the PC section of Nîmes, Denis Lanoy, launched the party. A moment of joy aimed at celebrating the union of the left within the framework of the New Popular Front, to combat the rise of the extreme right. Here are the candidates.
In the 1st constituency (Nîmes-Beaucaire), Charles Menard, LFI, returns to battle. In 2022, he was failed in the 1st round, 469 votes behind Françoise Dumas (LREM). This 67-year-old psychiatrist is convinced: this time, the dynamics of the New Popular Left Front will work in his favor. “The ambition is not just to go to the second round, but to win! I think it’s possible.” Elected in opposition in Beaucaire, Charles Menard will find in front of him an old acquaintance, the RN Yoann Gillet, outgoing deputy.
In the 2nd constituency (Camargue), we change parties. In 2022, it was an LFI candidate (Coralie Ghirardi) who was nominated for the left. She was eliminated in the first round. There, within the framework of the New Popular Front, it is the socialist Katy Guyot who is invested. A well-known figure in the Camargue (deputy mayor of Vauvert), regional elected official, Katy Guyot was a candidate in 2012, beaten in the second round by Gilbert Collard in the triangular.
In the 3rd district of Gard (Bagnols-sur-Cèze), we find Sabine Oromi (PC), who had already campaigned in 2022. This Spanish teacher at the Nîmes Philippe-Lamour high school, a lifelong communist, came in 3rd position in the 1st round, not very far from Anthony Cellier ( LREM). “If the brown plague comes to power, we will lose rights. I will fight not to lose any and if I am elected MP, I will gain some”she declared to Prolé Friday evening.
In the 4th district (Alès-Pont Saint-Esprit), the former federal secretary of the PS in Gard, Arnaud Bord, is a candidate. He also led the 2022 campaign. In the second round, he was beaten by RN Pierre Meurin, deploring the absence of a Republican front in the second round. He leaves on the 4th (Alès, Pont-Saint-Esprit).
In the 5th district (Cévennes), LFI Michel Sala, outgoing deputy, is leaving, as already indicated in our columns.
Finally, in the 6th constituency (Nîmes-Uzès), it is finally Nicolas Cadène (related to Ecologists, not included), who is designated in a second step. Initially, the party’s executive office had chosen Béatrice Leccia, the departmental spokesperson for the environmentalists.
“On July 8, France is led by the fascists… or by the left,” chanted Charles Menard this Friday at Prolé in Nîmes. Inviting everyone to vote on June 30 and July 7. For the New Popular Front, obviously.
