
France's left-wing New Popular Front alliance said on Tuesday it has agreed to propose Lucie Castets, a senior civil servant with the Paris Mayor's office, as their candidate for prime minister. Castets accepted the nomination “in all humility but with great conviction".
France's leftist New Popular Front (NFP) coalition, which won the largest number of seats in parliament in an election this month, said it had agreed to propose Lucie Castets as its candidate for prime minister to President Emmanuel Macron.