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Candidate of La France insoumise in the third constituency of Val-de-Marne, the law student hopes to be elected to convince young people and carry the measures of the New popular ecological and social union (Nupes) such as the increase in the minimum wage .
“It is time for things to change in this country”releases a passerby slaloming between the tourists gathered in the sun at the Place de la Sorbonne in Paris. “I agree with you ma’am.», whispers Louis Boyard, a smirk. Invested candidate for the legislative elections in the third constituency of Val-de-Marne, the 21-year-old law student hopes to dislodge Laurent Saint-Martin, outgoing deputy of the majority and general rapporteur of the budget at the National Assembly. We had already met this son of a railway worker in February 2019, a few days after he was injured during Act XII of the Yellow Vests in Paris. For Releasethe former president of the UNL high school student union and freshly invested candidate details the main lines of his campaign and hopes to rally young people and abstainers to his program.
How do you explain your choice to embark on the legislative battle?
At 17, when my George-Brassens high school in Villeneuve-le-Roi was collapsing and we had asbestos which risked killing the students, the current deputy Laurent Saint-Martin only appeared once after two months of high school struggle and we never saw him again. By dint of mobili…