He was in the front row in the photo. Surrounded by Nupes figures like Julien Bayou or Mathilde Panot, Sébastien Peytavie makes the “V” for victory with his fingers and poses like all his comrades in front of the cameras before the entry of the Nupes deputies into the National Assembly on Tuesday. With one detail: the new deputy (Nupes-EELV) for the 4th constituency of the Dordogne is in a wheelchair.
A handicap in which he does not want to be locked up. “My disability was not the subject of the campaign, but it is a reality. If there are any problems, I will not hesitate to raise them, ”he confided to the newspaper Sud Ouest. The place of disability in society is not “necessarily the fight that I am going to lead, but I will be vigilant about it”.
Seduced by Benoît Hamon’s idea of universal income
Sébastien Peytavie, 40, is a clinical psychologist who entered politics in 2008. First for a term on the municipal council of Borrèze (Dordogne) where he was born, 40 km south of Brive-la-Gaillarde , on an unlabeled list. Before seeing bigger: in 2017, seduced by Benoît Hamon’s idea of universal income, he created a Generation.s branch in Sarlat before being a candidate for the European elections, then for the municipal elections in Sarlat, and for the departmental elections.
Sensitive to climate issues, the MP is also a rugby enthusiast, which he practices in a wheelchair because of his disability. Sébastien Peytavie has been in a wheelchair since the age of 3 following heart surgery that went wrong.