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The left-wing candidate for Beauvais town hall Roxane Lundy (Génération.s), in Amiens, May 5, 2021.

In Beauvais, Jeanne Hachette, whose statue proudly stands in entrance of the city corridor, on the sq. of the identical title, has develop into a supply of inspiration for the native left. Some don’t hesitate to match this heroic determine of town, having stood as much as the Burgundian invader in 1472, to the left-wing candidate and head of the “Beauvais en better” listing, Roxane Lundy (Génération.s).

The 30-year-old opposition municipal and regional councilor will lead a left-wing union listing for the municipal elections on March 15 and 22, 2026, which is unprecedented within the nationwide political panorama. Bringing collectively the Socialist Party, the French Communist Party and Les Ecologistes, it might be joined by La France insoumise (LFI). “The agreement is not yet finalized”, exact to World the chief of the “rebels” in Beauvais, Marianne Seck, who spoke out in favor of the union at the start of the summer time.

Despite this reservation, it’s a actual glimmer of hope for the Beauvais left, which has failed for twenty years to reconquer the city corridor of the Oise prefecture, 55,906 inhabitants, which moved to the proper in 2001 with the election of Caroline Cayeux. The “lady of Beauvais”, additionally president (numerous proper) of the Beauvaisis city group, has been re-elected repeatedly since then.

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