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The ecologist Paul Vo Van defends the colors of the New Popular Front in the Agen – Nérac constituency. He has a quiet strength side.
In politics as elsewhere, nothing is lost, everything is transformed. The slogan “Quiet force” is still in the memory of those who experienced the significant victory of socialist François Mitterrand during the 1981 presidential election. For the record, this expression “quiet force” dates back to Léon Blum. Head of government under the Popular Front, he used it on June 5, 1936 during a radio speech.
Candidate of the New Popular Front in the Agen-Nérac constituency, the first in Lot-et-Garonne, Paul Vo Van could have adopted the signature “quiet strength” as it fits his personality. The man is calm and determined. Spokesperson for Europe Ecologie les Verts Lot-et-Garonne (EELV 47), departmental councilor of the West Agen canton, president of Agropole Services, business manager (he is an architect), he had not not let down by the repeated attacks of the president of the chamber of agriculture Serge Bousquet-Cassagne during the peasant anger last winter. On the contrary.
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His candidacy surprised
“P2V” as we would be tempted to call it, had gained height. Without ever denying his environmentalist convictions, he did not hesitate to talk with the farmers who camped on the A62.
His inauguration for this lightning legislative campaign nevertheless surprised and was widely commented on behind the scenes of the Lot-et-Garonne left. The Socialist Party (PS) of Jon Garay had bet on Laurent Bruneau. In opposition to Agen, not included, the Agen lawyer is expected to wear the colors of the left during the next municipal elections. LFI welcomed his presence on the chessboard.
However, the New Popular Front has taken over the matrix of the New Ecological and Social Popular Union (Nupes) with the PS standard flying in the second constituency, that of LFI in the third and therefore that of the Greens in the first.
“I wasn’t going to walk away”
In 2022, in Agen-Nérac, the ecologist Maryse Combres finished at the top of the first round with 15.17% ahead of Michel Lauzzana (14.26%) and Sébastien Delbosq (9.17%). Michel Lauzzana (presidential majority) won (22.92%) in the second round ahead of the RN.
To avoid a triangular that could favor the election of an RN deputy, Maryse Combres withdrew at the end of the first to pave the way for the outgoing deputy Michel Lauzzana. A choice that did not please everyone within the Nupes…
Since the dissolution, she has done everything possible to ensure that Paul Vo Van, her deputy during the last senatorial elections, is knighted for these dangerous legislative elections. “I wasn’t going to walk away,” slips the person concerned.
Today, PS, PC and LFI show their support for “P2V”. They said this during a press conference Monday between noon at the premises of the French Communist Party in Agen. Supported by the communist and trade unionist Colette Duynslaeger, Paul Vo Van presented the broad outlines of the program, announced a first public meeting at Skating, in Agen, Tuesday June 18 at 7:30 p.m. True to himself, he did not no longer hid its intentions: “The RN is the enemy to be destroyed as a priority. We feel more and more distrust towards the political world. President Macron is responsible for this.”
