beaten in July by LFI, Olivier Véran does not return to battle

After Lucie Castets (NFP), it is the turn of Olivier Véran to announce that he will not be a candidate in 1^re constituency of Isère, where a partial legislative session will be organized in the coming weeks. Defeated in July by the candidate of La France Insoumise (LFI) Hugo Prevost – who resigned a little month ago after accusations of “serious acts of a sexual nature” against him – the former government spokesperson justified his decision on X… on Tuesday evening in strange timing.

While the political class has its eyes turned towards the United States where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are competing to capture the White House, the man who has been a minister several times indicates that he has not “never considered politics as a career.” “I aspire to serve my country differently, to engage differently”asserts himself by dubbing his former deputy Camille Galliard-Minier, who already sat on the benches of the National Assembly between 2020 and 2022 when Olivier Véran was at Health. “It is time for me to take a step back, beneficial, necessary. It's not goodbye.”he promises in a long message published on the social network. “Anyway, in politics, “never” means “not right away”.”

A socialist during his first election to the Assembly in 2012, Olivier Véran converted to Macronism five years later. Before embarking on a ministerial career between 2020 and 2024. “I went into politics because I love people, I learned a lot from them”retrace-t-il. Covid, Nutriscore, “medical use of cannabis”contraception gratuite, “blood donation accessible without discrimination”, “support for autonomy by social security”, “ban on models that are too thin”soda tax, Ségur de la santé… The former Minister of Health takes the opportunity to list his greatest achievements during the governments of which he was a member.