It was a little more than an idea, or even a hypothesis, it had become a subject, a debate capable of igniting local, even national, debate. Lucie Castets candidate in Isère, on the 1ere constituency, replacing the rebellious Hugo Prevost, who resigned.
An XXL parachute drop, spectacular, dizzying, unexpected, in short improbable… Imagine a possible duel between Lucie Castets and Olivier Véran to win the Assembly? Yes and then no. “The conditions haven’t been met…I’m not going.” The person does not matter and everything must be done to ensure that the left wins this constituency again. » It is said. The rebels had, it should be remembered, set a condition: that she sit within the LFI group. End of story. And another missed appointment for the one who, for the moment at least, will only have been a hit of the summer.
Proposed in July for Matignon by the NFP, as a compromise after days of wrangling between socialists and rebels, the unknown had become a hope for an almost united left… Today it is nothing more than a name. Lucie Castets will never have seen Matignon, except on TV, with Michel Barnier on the steps. Since then, however, we have come across her almost everywhere while some, no doubt caring friends, imagine her nowhere.
Because the question of its political space arises. To the left, but where to the left? And to do what within a divided NFP? Will his name come back on the table if the Barnier government is overthrown? This is no longer certain. These last few months will have at least brought him notoriety. It’s up to her to do something with it.
But time is passing, we shouldn’t delay too much.
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