In 2019, newly elected MEP, Manon Aubry went to Strasbourg to register for Parliament.
At reception, someone asked her if she was the intern or the assistant of her colleague Manuel Bompard who had come to accompany her.
An anecdote that the MEP recalled Monday evening in Lille (North), in front of students.
Five years later, the former Oxfam spokesperson has become a LFI figure in the European Parliament and is preparing to once again carry the flag of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
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However, nothing was written.
The management of LFI has multiplied alternative scenarios: Mélenchon tried to place Ségolène Royal at the head of a left-wing union list, presenting Manon Aubry with a fait accompli.
The Insoumis also for a time fueled a rumor around Benoît Hamon, then pushed the “Young People of the Nupes” to propose a list.
Before the Aubry option, a choice of reason more than of heart for the Insoumis, becomes essential.
On January 28, she finally put an end to the speculation by announcing her candidacy for candidacy in the newspaper 20 minutes.
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