Franceinfo followed Bérenger Cernon, railway worker, trade unionist, and now LFI deputy for the 8th constituency of Essonne.
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“We have a schoolbag, it’s very back-to-school, very studious!“: it’s back to school time… in the middle of July. Thursday, July 18, was the first session of the new Assembly. The deputies had an appointment at 3 p.m. at the Palais Bourbon to elect their new president. Franceinfo followed Bérenger Cernon, railway worker, unionist, and now LFI deputy for the 8th constituency of Essonne.
The first day of a railway worker who became a member of parliament
The first day of a railway worker who became a member of parliament
(Thomas Sellin)
He welcomes us into his home around 8am and he admits: “The night was a bit short“. After a coffee, he takes his car to go to the RER station.”It is important, I think, to tell people that politicians, ultimately, we are not all rotten, we are not all the same. I am an ‘ordinary’ citizen who one day wanted to get involved in politics and, today, who sits in the National Assembly.“, he tells us at the wheel of his Dacia.
A day filled with excitement, stress, and the desire to embrace his new role.
