“You have to get your loved ones to vote, get those around you to vote! » Passers-by at Place Victor-Hugo, in downtown Grenoble, may not have all recognized the woman who handed them a leaflet from the New Popular Front (NFP), Thursday January 16. A few hours before the second round of the partial legislative election for the first constituency of Isère, which is being held on Sunday January 19, Lucie Castets, former NFP candidate in Matignon and link in the fragile left-wing alliance, came in Grenoble to support the NFP candidate, Lyes Louffok. The latter, who came first in the first round with 28.33% of the votes, will face, on Sunday, the candidate from the presidential camp and former deputy of Olivier Véran, Camille Galliard-Minier, who trails him by less than two points and by more than 500 votes.
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-Between the two rounds, Grenoble was the scene of an impressive show of force, seeing supporters from both camps parade. Victory in this local campaign became a matter of principle at the national level, while, at the same time, left-wing political forces emerged torn from an abortive motion of censure against the government of François Bayrou, whose Party Socialist Party (PS) has dissociated itself. “Every deputy counts, it is also a question of respect for democracy. There is a by-election, we are mobilizing, it’s normal, it’s very important”argues Lucie Castets, emphasizing that there would be in the victory of Lyes Louffok “a question of symbol”.
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