Partial legislative: Ariège, apple of discord of the left

It would be tempting to sum up the partial legislative election on Sunday, in Ariège, to a clash between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Carole Delga, the powerful socialist president of the Occitanie region, ambiguous vis-à-vis Nupes. Here is the setting: in the middle of the mountains of this left-wing land where the National Rally is progressing, two left-wing candidates compete.