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Could a leftist civil servant with an intelligence background become France's next PM?

Lucie Castets, the candidate put forward by the Nouveau Front Populaire to be French PM, 24 July 2024.
Lucie Castets, the candidate put forward by the Nouveau Front Populaire to be French PM, 24 July 2024. © France Inter/Radio France/MaxPPP
France's leftist coalition has picked Lucie Castets as its candidate to become PM. Yet it is unprecedented for a senior civil servant with an intelligence background to receive such a nomination. We look back over her career within French financial intelligence unit Tracfin. [...]
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