Participation in demonstrations in London or Rome, criticized positions on the post-match clashes in Amsterdam or on the situation in New Caledonia [qui lui a valu une plainte – pour l’heure sans suite – du ministre de l’Intérieur]many criticize Raphaël Arnault for being only a deputy elected in Vaucluse and not from Vaucluse. His parachute drop during the legislative elections had been strongly criticized, particularly on the left, but that did not prevent the antifa activist from being comfortably elected deputy against the RN in July.
« I will be 100% local involved », he promised in our columns the day after his election. The question of parliamentary permanence, outside the city center, had already been raised. More than 4 months later, it’s done. This Saturday (11:30 a.m.), Raphaël Arnault will inaugurate his office, at 68 avenue Saint-Ruf. Manuel Bompard, coordinator of LFI, will be present. Invited mayor Cécile Helle (PS) will not be able to be present but plans to send a municipal representative. Julien De Benito, departmental secretary of the PCF will be there, as will a priori Lucien Stanzione, his socialist counterpart.
« The location is very interesting with the passage of the tram, not far from the extra-muros », says those around him. And also rather close to the working-class neighborhoods around the Ring Road, which voted massively for him. The place wants to be “ open to the neighborhood, a place for exchanges with meetings as frequently as possible, perhaps once every two weekswe specify on the MP’s side. The objective of the mandate is to be in the constituency as much as possible and meet the different stakeholders in the territory. “. Youth and housing are the two big “ challenges » targeted.
