The appointment of Philippe Poutou (NPA) to represent the new popular front in the first constituency of Aude is not unanimous on the left. The candidate, elected in Bordeaux, was parachuted into Aude for these legislative elections. “A humiliation” for Aurélien Turchetto of the Radical Left Party (PRG).
The vice-president of Carcassonne Agglo explains that he refuses the candidacy of Poutou, “anti-republican, anti-parliamentary”, he deplores. “A man targeted by an investigation for advocating terrorism who on October 7 shocked the entire country by refusing to condemn the Hamas attack. Position it at home, in Trèbes, where the victims of terrorism from the 2018 tragedy and Colonel Arnaud Beltrame lie…”
The RN grand slam in Aude in 2022
According to The Independent, the mayor of the small village of Villesèquelande (879 inhabitants) would be supported by several Aude socialist executives. The first constituency of Aude, which notably includes the Carcassonne prefecture, switched in 2022 in favor of the National Rally. Marine Le Pen’s party had signed a grand slam in the department. Christophe Barthès was elected with 53.56% of the votes ahead of the Nupes candidate, Sophie Courrière Calmon.
Our file on the 2024 legislative elections
Already a candidate, but in the third constituency, Aurélien Turchetto, for his part, was eliminated in the first round (with 9.01% of the votes cast).