The Macronist candidate, Yaël Braun-Pivet, She was re-elected this Thursday as president of the National Assembly of France with 220 votes in the third spherical, which solely required a easy majority, in contrast to the communist candidate of the left-wing New Popular Front bloc, André Chassaigne, who obtained 207. The far-right Sébastien Chenu obtained 141 votes.
In a really fragmented Chamber, this easy majority victory of Macronism –achieved with the support of conservative MPs– This is a serious setback for the left-wing coalition, which, as the occasion with the most seats, claims the proper to govern.
“Politicians can have a direct impression on the lives of the French folks. Our actions can change their lives,” Braun-Pivet confused moments after being re-elected from the podium of the Assembly. In this sense, He urged the House to “cooperate” and “search agreements.” “The previous few days have been extraordinarily tense, we’ve seen a stressed nation, a fractured nation, and what could be mentioned is that we’ve an immense accountability immediately,” he mentioned.
Braun-Pivet has highlighted that residents went to the polls in giant numbers in the early legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, making this Assembly “extra consultant than ever” the will of the French folks. “We have to be ready to attain compromises” to make progress on the points that concern the French, he mentioned, mentioning the enchancment of buying energy, safety, the so-called medical deserts or the enchancment of public providers.
The left calls the vote “theft”
Following the victory of the Macronist, the division was instantly noticeable in the corridors of the Bourbon Palace, the place the deputies of the New Popular Front accused Macronism of ignoring the outcomes of the poll packing containers as quickly as they left the chamber.It’s not simply insane, it is nauseating,” Chassaigne advised the press in the corridors of the Assembly.
Leading figures on the left have accused the Macronists of forging “alliances” – not solely with right-wing events, however even with these of the chief of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen – to be sure that Braun-Pivet has the crucial support to revalidate her mandate at the head of the Assembly. In truth, Chassaigne has denounced that it has been a vote “stolen” by “an unnatural alliance between Macronism and the proper.
The deputy of La France Insoumise (LFI), Mathilde Panot, was equally blunt, accusing the French president, Emmanuel Macron, of wanting to “steal” the democratic outcomes. “The French have expressed a want to break free. That shouldn’t be what occurred immediately, We ask Macron to return to democracy“, Panot claimed.
On behalf of the socialists, who’re additionally built-in into the NFP alongside the communists, LFI and the ecologists, MP Boris Vallaud has assured that The left has a “blended feeling of anger and willpower.” He additionally mentioned that the left-wing coalition is the solely “coherent” political drive and that Braun-Pivet mustn’t even have stood, in his opinion, after the French relegated Macronism to the place of second political drive.
The Socialist Party, La France Insoumise, the Communist Party and the ‘Greens’ (most important members of the New Popular Front) reached an settlement yesterday settlement to current communist André Chassaigne as candidate for the presidency of the Assembly. However, negotiations to attain a consensus and current a candidate for prime minister stay at a standstill.
The divided National Assembly had failed to elect the president of the Lower House in the first sphericalthough the candidate of the New Popular Front remained in the lead, adopted by the candidate of the far-right National Rally, Sébastien Chenu. The now re-elected Speaker of the House, in the meantime, got here third with 124 votes.
In the second vote, Chassaigne had managed to safe solely two extra helps, falling behind Braun-Pivet, who had collected 210 votes. Both the Republicans’ candidate, Philippe Juvin, and Naima Moutchou, of the Horizontes occasion, withdrew their candidacy earlier than the second spherical, after acquiring 48 and 38 votes respectively.
