Ex-candidate of the New Popular Front in Matignon, Lucie Castets was not unanimous, including in her own political camp, with her declarations on the regularization of “all undocumented immigrants”. In an interview with Libération, she admits to having had “too quick an expression”.
On September 24 on the set of BFMTV, Lucie Castets declared “rather favorable” to the granting of papers for all applicants, regardless of their professional situation. If these remarks had naturally made the right jump, some within the left coalition of the New Popular Front, in the name of which Castets was a candidate for Matignon , gritted their teeth.I do not agree with this position which is not ours“, declared the First Secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, relayed by the Huffington Post. Another socialist personality to react, the deputy Jérôme Guedj, who admitted on Franceinfo: “She screwed up, it happens. It’s not even in the NFP program“. Program which in fact planned to “facilitate access to visas” and “regularize workers, students, parents of school children”.
Work should not be “the only criterion”
In an interview with Libération on September 27, Lucie Castets returns to her comments and explains: “I was not really allowed on set to develop a thought that went beyond the “all or not all” binary, and I allowed myself to be locked into that debate.“, she justifies herself. On the question of regularizations, she says she does not want “take work as the only criterion“. Explaining: “For example, there are people who have already been present in the territory for decades who have built their lives and who must be able to be regularized. But I’m not saying everyone. It can’t be automatic. We must maintain criteria such as time spent in France, children’s schooling, family situation, etc.” she elaborates. While the debate on the “Obligations to leave French territory” (OQTF) rages after the rape and murder of the young Filipina, Lucie Castets specifies: “If a person under OQTF has already been convicted of serious offenses, they should not be subject to regularization“.
published on September 28 at 4:05 p.m., Sabrina Guintini, 6Medias
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