His on-screen appearance, although fleeting, was enough to cause a stir.
Clémence Guette, the Secretary General of the La France Insoumise group at the National Assembly, is indeed at the heart of an offbeat sequence, broadcast on the “Quotidien” program on Tuesday April 26.
We see the 31-year-old young woman, a cigarette in her mouth and a slightly mocking pout, speaking to the journalist Azzeddine Ahmed-Chaouch from one of the windows of the HQ of La France Insoumise.
"You're fine there, aren't you?
she jokes.
In front of Matignon.
A false sign indicating this location has indeed been hung, out of malice, on the building's gate.
As a nod to the wish of the militants to see Jean-Luc Mélenchon accede to the post of Prime Minister.
The footage has since gone viral.
“Intelligent”, “magnificent”, “full of class” … Internet users multiply the complimentary qualifiers and memes bearing the image of the young woman.
And if Clémence Guetté ended up, too, by resuming the sequence on Twitter, to the delight of her now 53,000 subscribers, she remains cautious about her new notoriety.
“I have seen humorous memes, very nice messages from Insoumis, but I know that it also carries sexism.
I am a political official, I coordinated a presidential program, I speak in the media, in meetings… These messages have little to do with my activities or my responsibilities”, she explains with hindsight. for
Madame Figaro
.
A need “to confront reality”
In addition to her popularity on social networks, the young woman has experienced a meteoric rise in the field of politics.
Thirty-something with a "serious desire for perfection" and "assured radicalism", according to
Liberation
, Clémence Guetté was born in Bressuire on March 15, 1991. The one who, as a teenager, shone at school and was passionate about music and swimming, shows very early his need for independence.
The young woman, who fears boredom, decides to live alone before her majority.
“We had very cool parents (
a stay-at-home father and an English teacher mother, editor’s note
), they gave us a certain freedom, and my sister was a normal teenager (…) but she quickly needed to confront reality", indicates his older brother Guillaume in the columns of
Release.
"I can't bring myself to see people having such difficult living conditions"
Clemence Guette
Holder of a scientific baccalaureate, mention "very good", and a license in letters, Clémence Guetté sets out to conquer the City of Light.
She enrolled at Science-Po, then studied for a year at AgroParisTech.
In 2010, she joined the Left Party and two years later, the young woman put up her first posters.
“I have always felt a form of revolt, of anger.
I come from a modest family financially, I grew up in an environment impregnated with political discussions, even if my parents were not militants, she continues.
This gave birth to a demand for social justice in me.
I can't bring myself to see people having such difficult living conditions when others accumulate so much wealth.
Political convictions that hoisted her, in 2017, to the post of Secretary General of the parliamentary group of La France insoumise.
That same year, during the presidential election, his ability to master "every corner of the program" impresses the Insoumis.
It earned her the appointment of program coordinator for Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
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Punchlines galore
A role that she takes on again in 2022. “She took an important place very young and steered her boat well, explains Clémentine Autain to
Liberation
.
Behind her discreet and calm appearance, Clémence Guetté is a hard worker with a temperament.
Engaged, in particular, in favor of ecology and women's rights, she is illustrated on television sets.
Her approximately 13,000 Instagram subscribers discover photos of her on her account, immortalized with her hand on the shoulder of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, alongside Guillaume Meurice during an “election counter-evening”, or even the raised fist with Adrien Quatennens .
In the press, his punchlines hit the mark.
"Politics is dynamics, not mathematics", she replies to a journalist from
L'Express
, who questions him about Fabien Roussel's proposal to "add the votes" of France Insoumise to those of the PCF during the legislative elections.
“Stop saying that he is going to retire, she also annoys about Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
He is an irreplaceable character whose word is of unparalleled importance.
Clémence Guetté hopes to weigh in the balance during the next elections.
After a setback during the last regional in New Aquitaine, she will present herself in June for the legislative elections in Val-de-Marne.
“Today, I feel ready to be a candidate.
I approach this campaign with a lot of combativeness”, she concludes for
Madame Figaro
.
For his part, Jean-Luc Mélenchon predicts a “great political future” for him.
