Lucie Castets, fragile “hyphen” of the New Popular Front | EUROtoday

Lucie Castets is in search of work. But actually not on the Hôtel de Ville. The former director of funds for the City of Paris was ejected by Anne Hidalgo, with none superfluous class, the mayor having knowledgeable her of her dismissal by SMS, on the finish of August. A month after having been designated candidate of the New Popular Front (NFP) for the publish of Prime Minister. But, after about two months of ” campaign “, The 37-year-old economist has not been appointed to Matignon. Hence the pressing job search.

She is not going to be part of Michel Barnier's authorities both, “even when we [lui] proposes Bercy ». So what? “I am a state administrator attached to the Ministry of Finance, details the ENA graduate. I will probably make myself available. I am looking for something in the associative field.

Politically, she has acquired a taste for the NFP adventure and wants to continue to embody the union of the left, even if she does not yet hold any elected office. How? The question is sufficiently dizzying that the person concerned hesitates over the words to use: “I want to continue to invest myself as a fellow traveler of the NFP parties. In the longer term, I have to find my place. It is currently being considered… I would like, perhaps, to propose a form of initiative or entity that could be the receptacle of diverse ideas… Give an incarnation to this momentum with a great collective force to propose a credible alternative. I remain available if Michel Barnier is censored, but not in a waiting position.”

In the meantime, Lucie Castets continues as if (almost) nothing had happened. She continues to have “common conferences” with the four leaders of the four NFP parties. She was invited to debate at the Fête de HumanityFriday, September 13, by the leader of the communists, Fabien Roussel. Her team, which she had hastily assembled in the middle of summer, did not interrupt the process of refining the NFP program. “We have put consultants on all topics”she specifies. A “tour de France” to defend the cause of public services is still envisaged, but not yet set; she is not helped by the parties, who have other priorities for the moment.

The metamorphosis of a neophyte

This senior official continues to be questioned by the foreign press – recently, the New York Times and the Guardian. And had to respond to a controversy in the newspaper. Marianne on his supposed financial claims to ensure his role: “I’m sickened by this controversy. I’ve not obtained a cent from the NFP. It was the events who requested me to attract up an estimate for our working funds.”

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