Jul 20 () –
The far-right National Rally party has complained that it has not won the presidency of any of the National Assembly’s committees despite having 143 of its 577 members after the second round of legislative elections on July 7, in which the New Popular Front won the most votes after a cordon sanitaire against the party led by Marine Le Pen.
The far right has not won any of the vice-presidencies, nor any of the three quaestor posts up for grabs, nor even a secretary of the twelve, which is a “denial of democracy” for the National Rally deputy Laurent Jacobelli. In contrast, in 2022, the AN won two vice-presidential posts with fewer deputies, 89.
“We are, ultimately, the only ones who have played the democratic game,” he lamented in statements to BFMTV. “It is our pride. The shame falls on those who planned to silence 11 million voters,” argued Jacobelli.
The leader of the party, Marine Le Pen, has criticised “a shameful manoeuvre” for “the agreement between the Macronists and Laurent Wauquiez to grant the latter the representation to which the AN was legitimately entitled”, she reproached. “Nearly 11 million voters are thus deprived for the benefit of a party that only brings together 1.5 million”, she denounced.
“We are in the presence of MPs who decide to ignore the vote of more than 11 million voters,” added Sébastien Chenu, also a member of parliament for the National Rally in X. “Denial, contempt… with 11 million voters in mind,” he stressed.
On the night of Friday to Saturday, the members of the National Assembly’s Bureau were voted on and, to everyone’s surprise, the New Popular Front (NFP) won an absolute majority with twelve representatives. However, it will be chaired by Yaël Braun-Pivet, who is close to the centrist president, Emmanuel Macron.
The heads of the eight thematic committees of the National Assembly were elected on Saturday. The presidential camp won six presidencies and Éric Coquerel (La France Insoumise, NFP) was re-elected head of the Finance Committee, considered the most important and usually reserved for the opposition.
The Social Affairs Committee was chaired by Paul Christophe (Horizons, centre); the Law Committee by Florent Boudié (Together for the Republic, centre); the Foreign Affairs Committee by Jean-Noël Barrot (Democrats, centre); the Defence Committee by Jean-Michel Jacques (Together for the Republic, centre); the Economic Affairs Committee by Antoine Armand (Together for the Republic, centre); the Cultural Affairs Committee by Fatiha Keloua-Hachi (French Socialist Party, NFP); and the Sustainable Development and Regional Planning Committee by Sandrine Le Feur (Together for the Republic, centre).
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