Lucie Castets clarifies her ambitions, before her meeting with Emmanuel Macron

It has been almost a month since the parties of the New Popular Front designated her as their candidate for Matignon. While she is due to be received with a dozen other figures from her camp by Emmanuel Macron, Lucie Castets gave an interview to Releasepublished on Tuesday, August 20. She details her intentions, three days before this interview at the Elysée.

If the left-wing candidate intends to tell the President of the Republic that “The inaction has lasted too long, and [que] “Nobody understands it”she distanced herself from the threat of dismissal initiated by the Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Manuel Bompard and Mathilde Panot. “Impeachment at this stage is not the most credible option,” said Lucie Castets, while considering as “It is normal that the parties are considering institutional means of ending the blockage created by the President of the Republic”.

The candidate of the New Popular Front at Matignon also wants to demonstrate, on Friday, to Emmanuel Macron that “the measures taken” by the left alliance”are likely to create consensus.” In this sense, she cited subjects such as: “the repeal of pension reform, purchasing power, working conditions”but also “the question of public services” which, according to her, can gain support “including on the right“.

On this point, Lucie Castets has notably detected mentions “green wealth tax”, “conditionality of aid to businesses” as well as “taxation of superprofits” in the letter addressed by Gabriel Attal and Stéphane Séjourné to the other groups. “If they are really ready to join us on these issues, then there will be discussions.” said the 37-year-old economist in the daily newspaper. Lucie Castets also said that she had received responses to her own letter to parliamentarians. “well beyond the NFP”but provide more details.