The Macronist candidate will chair the French National Assembly

Macronist Yael Braun-Pivet was re-elected as president of the National Assembly on Thursday after winning a narrow margin in the third ballot, which was decided by a relative majority.

Braun-Pivet received 220 votes, the communist André Chassaigne 207 and the far-right Sébastien Chenu 141.

In a very fragmented Chamber, this victory of a simple majority for Macronism – achieved with the support of conservative deputies – is a major setback for the left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front (NFP), which, as the force with the most seats, requires the ability to govern.

“Politicians can have a direct impact on the lives of the French. Our actions can change their lives,” she stressed from the podium of the Assembly shortly after she was re-elected, according to the newspaper. The Figaro.

In this sense, he urged the Chamber to “work together” and “find common ground.” “I will put all my determination and all my work into working for you, for the French,” he stressed, to repeated cheers and applause.

Key figures on the French left have accused the Macronists of having made “alliances” (not only with right-wing parties, but even with that of National Rally leader Marine Le Pen) to ensure that Braun-Pivet would have the support needed to reaffirm his mandate as head of the General Assembly.

Chassaigne even denounced that it was a vote “stolen” by “an unnatural alliance between Macronism and the right”. He also pointed out that this “has changed nothing while people were waiting for things to change”. The Socialist Party, France Insoumise, the Communist Party and the “Greens” – the main members of the New Popular Front – reached an agreement the day before to propose the communist André Chassaigne as a single candidate for the presidency of the Assembly. As a result, negotiations to reach a consensus and propose a candidate for prime minister remain stalled.