“It’s really time to have people in charge who want to help people in their daily lives. » At 32 years old, Maxence Laurent, invested in the Popular Front of the Lefts, is not unknown to Marnese political campaigns. Inhabitant of Virtues, “with family origins from Chalonnaise”, this social worker, previously a caregiver for ten years, joined France insoumise in 2016 and quickly gained stature in his political training, at the local level. In 2022, he presented himself as a substitute in the legislative elections in the 5e constituency (Vitry-le-François – Sézanne – Courtisols). Last year, in 2023, he was also head of the list for his party in the senatorial elections in Marne.
Two attempts which reinforced his desire to act for others, in the general sense of the term. “I deal with elderly people losing their independence every day in my job, and I want to do more”, he says. For them, as for the population in general, whose “remuneration remains low compared to inflation”. For him, the solution is to have the responsibilities of people who ” look alike ” to Mr. and Mrs. Everybody, who “really understand their needs”.
Aware that “Marne has been a right-wing bastion for several decades » and that Lise Magnier is much more “known that he » in the sector, he however believes that it is “not an important variable at the moment”, given the current context and the result of the last European elections. “Voters do not want political professionals or people who represent this presidential majority responsible for the current slump. »
