The baker Stéphane Ravacley, who had distinguished himself by leading a hunger strike for the regularization of his Guinean apprentice and by organizing a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine, was invested by EELV in the Doubs for the legislative elections, a-t he announced on Friday, May 6.
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Stéphane Ravacley, 53, announced in April his civic candidacy in the second constituency of Doubs for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, which covers part of Besançon, calling on left-wing parties to support him for "
the addition of the left
".
Initially supported by the PS, it was finally invested Thursday by the environmentalist party to which this constituency was devolved as part of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).
Baker, a profession never represented
Stéphane Ravacley, who values his independence, will not join the environmentalist party, but if elected he will sit with the EELV group in the National Assembly, he said.
The regional secretary Europe ecology-Les Verts in Franche-Comté, Cécile Prud'homme, underlines "
the tradition of EELV to give a chance to open candidates with an interesting profile
".
“
Stéphane Ravacley's candidacy really has an interest in diversifying profiles in the National Assembly, as a baker is a profession that is never represented
”, she adds.
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The second district of Doubs is the district where EELV achieved its best score in Franche-Comté in the presidential election.
"
This constituency is winnable, even if it will be difficult
", estimates Cécile Prud'homme, while the outgoing LREM deputy, Éric Alauzet, candidate for his re-election, had been "
the best elected deputy in France in 2017
".
Stéphane Ravacley, is “
one of the only “civil society” candidates to unite the left around his candidacy
” for the next legislative elections, notes in a press release the Quartier Général collective which supports his candidacy and his campaign.