former minister Olivier Véran announces that he is not a candidate in Grenoble

Defeated in the last legislative elections in the first constituency of Isère, the man who was spokesperson for the government of Elisabeth Borne decided not to run again.

The former Minister of Health and government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, announced Tuesday November 5 that he would not run again in the partial legislative election of Isère, vacant since the resignation of the man who had beaten him in July, ex-LFI Hugo Prévost. “I will not be a candidate in the partial legislative election which will be held in the 1st constituency of Isère”wrote the former minister on “with a clear head, after twelve years of local and national mandates carried out with beating force”.

Saying that I don't have “never considered politics as a career”Olivier Veran explains that he wants “serve (one’s) country differently” and commit “differently”. “It is time for me to take a step back, beneficial, necessary”he continues, but “this is not goodbye”car “in politics, 'never' means 'not right away'”.

The former deputy from the presidential camp specifies that Camille Galliard-Minier, who had replaced him when he himself was minister, “wishes to run as a candidate and we will support her with all our strength”.

The dates of this partial legislative are not yet known. To replace Hugo Prevost in the National Assembly, suspected of sexual and gender-based violence, La France insoumise has just invested the child rights activist Lyes Louffok.

If Marine Tondelier, the boss of the Ecologists, has already confirmed that her party would support the LFI candidate, within the framework of the agreement on the distribution of constituencies of the New Popular Front, the local PS has proposed another candidacy, that of the socialist departmental councilor Amandine Germain, more likely to win, according to them. The national PS has not yet decided.