[4] Frédéric Mathieu is the son of a police officer father and a nurse mother from the Paris region.
In addition to defending the common program of the NUPES, he cites two subjects on which he wishes to invest in particular within the LFI group: “the first is the trade in arms which are today treated as a commodity like the others which is an aberration in terms of geopolitical stability in the world.
[7] During the 2024 legislative elections, La France insoumise refused the nomination to five “rebels”: Danielle Simonnet, Raquel Garrido, Alexis Corbière and Hendrik Davi.
[8][9] Comedian Guillaume Meurice [fr], recently fired from France Inter, was approached by LFI to replace him, but faced with his refusal, it was ultimately Marie Mesmeur, companion of MP Louis Boyard, who was chosen.
[10] Marie Mesmeur, who was a candidate in the 2024 European Parliament election in France, received the LFI nomination in Ille-et-Vilaine's 1st constituency but Mathieu initially decided to maintain his candidacy.