A former hotel housekeeper who fought for the rights of her co-workers has become a symbol of the recent revival of France's left, which is expected to emerge as the main opposition force in the French Parliament to President Emmanuel Macron's government.
s on Sunday. She placed first in her district with more than 37% of the vote in the election's first round. Her nearest rival, Macron’s former sports minister, Roxana Maracineanu, received less than 24%.
Kéké, who acquired French citizenship in 2015, knows she represents more than the face of her own campaign. If she wins a place in a Parliament dominated by white men, many of them holding jobs in senior management, it could represent a turning point in the National Assembly reflecting a more diverse cross-section of the French population.
The hotel workers' grueling but successful battle inspired many. Drafted by hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's“People who take public transportation at 4 a.m. are mostly migrants. I stand for them, too,” she said. She claimed her rival "doesn’t stand a chance." That's not what Maracineanu, 47, the former swimming world champion who served in Macron's government, thinks.
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