Legislative 2022: Insoumise France and Socialist Party publish a first list of candidates

LFI has unveiled 324 names but the suspense remains whole concerning Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who must soon say if he stands. The PS has appointed 56 candidates for the moment.

Le Monde with AFP

La France Insoumise (LFI) and the Socialist Party (PS) published, Tuesday, May 10, evening, a first list of candidates invested for the legislative elections in June 2022, within the new Ecological and Social People’s Union (NUPPES) , this alliance on the left also bringing together Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EELV) and the French Communist Party (PCF).

The “Insoumis”, which will appear in total in 360 constituencies, have unveiled 324 names. The suspense remains whole on the 4 e district of Bouches-du-Rhône, that of Jean-Luc Mélenchon who stressed, Sunday, that he was preparing “rather for the idea of ​​being first minister that at the idea of ​​being again deputy “. The leader of LFI, who will be present Thursday evening at an “aperitif” of the Popular Union in Marseille, must soon say if he represented himself.

While he had to present himself in the 14 e district of the Rhône, under the banner of the Nuts, the journalist and activist Taha Bouhafs withdrew his candidacy, denouncing on Tuesday, “An unprecedented attack storm”.

The rest of the names should be revealed in the coming days. Among the known LFI candidates are almost all out of the outgoing deputies, including:

• The boss of the deputies LFI Mathilde Panot (1 e district of Val-de-Marne)
• Clémentine Autain (11 e of Seine-Saint-Denis)
• Alexis Corbière (7

  e by Seine-Saint-Denis)

• Bastien Lachaud (6

  e by Seine-Saint-Denis)

• Eric Coquerel (1

  e by Seine-Saint-Denis)

• François Ruffin (1 e of the Somme)
• Danièle Obono (17 e by Paris)
• Adrien Quatennens (1 ^{e from the North)}
• Ugo Bernalicis (2 e from the North)
• Caroline Fiat (6 e é> of Meurthe-et-Moselle)
• Bénédicte Taurine (1 ^{e of Ariège)}
• Michel Larive (2 e of Ariège)
• Loïc Prud’homme (3 e é> by Gironde).

Newcomers and personalities

Among the newcomers, many figures from LFI, such as the secretary general of the Clémence Guétété movement (2 ^{e of Val-de-Marne), the paul Vannier elections (5 E of Val-d’Oise), the lawyer Raquel Garido (5}

e by Seine-Saint-Denis), the Paris advisor Danielle Simonnet (15 e from Paris), the regional councilor of Ile-de-France Sophia Chikirou (6

e of Paris), the national secretary of the left party Sarah Legrain (16 Sup> de Paris), or even the digital manager of Jean-Luc Mélenchon Antoine LEAUMENT (10 e

é> of Essonne).

The list also includes personalities such as the ex-spokesperson of the NGO Atélie found (9 e of Seine-Saint-Denis), who had taken the presidency of Parliament From the popular union during the presidential campaign, the ecologist Claire Lejeune (7 e of Essonne), the ex-spare of Sandrine Rousseau in the primary of environmentalists Thomas Portes (3 E SUP> from Seine-Saint-Denis), but also the spokesperson for the women of rooms who had made 22 months of strike for better working conditions at the Ibis hotel in the Batignolles Rachel Kéké (7 e

é> of Val-de-Marne), the journalist and founder of the ecological revolution for the living (Rev) Aymeric Caron (18 e of Paris), the lawyer Caroline MECARY (7

e of Paris), and the humorist Gérald Dahan (3

e by Charente-Maritime).

Dominique Potier invested by the PS Despite his reluctance

For his part, the Socialist Party, which will have 70 candidates invested, has published a list of 56 names, including its first secretary Olivier Faure (11 ^{e district of Seine-et-Marne) and The boss of the deputies Valérie Rabault (1}

e district of Tarn-et-Garonne).

Also appear about fifteen outgoing deputies, including Boris Vallaud (3 ^e

é> district of Landes), Guillaume Garot (1 ^{e de la Mayenne) or Dominique Potier (5 e}

é> of Meurthe-et-Moselle), who nevertheless declared that he did not want to be invested in the name of the Nuts.

Among the new invested, in particular are the negotiator of the agreement with LFI Pierre Jouvet (4

e

é> de la Drôme), Laurent Baumel (4 ^{e d ‘ Indre-et-Loire), the former deputy Jérôme Guedj (6 e é> of Essonne), or the assistant to the mayor of Paris Olga Polski (11 e from Paris).}