Ten days after the second round, the National Assembly elects its first President.
It was a surprising vote. Yael BraunPivet, a novice in politics, became the first woman to be elected president of the National Assembly. She stated that women “must not succeed in politics without following or adapting to male models”, before the election. She succeeds Richard Ferrand in a very masculine Macronie.
Yael BraunPivet, President of the prestigious Law Commission, served five years. He had been subject to a trial in amateurism by the opposition as well as elected representatives of majority. His behavior in the Benalla case and his refusal to include the right to abort in the Constitution’s preamble in 2018, are two things that the deputies from the previous legislature will remember.
Another critique of the MP for Yvelines was that she left government on Saturday after only 36 days at the Ministry of Overseas. Several local elected officials were angered by the lack of concern for these territories.
The Palais-Bourbon, a building built in 1728 opened the 16th legislative session on Tuesday. BFMTV had the opportunity to tell five incredible stories about the area. For example, Yael Braun-Pivet must now sit in the most uncomfortable seat among all institutions of the Republic. Her obligation will be to sit straight and keep her legs bent. Tradition has it that ushers must rotate so that each speaker at the rostrum is always hydrated. Bruno Fuligny, Official of the National Assembly to BFMTV, explains how “dry throat” can be treated.
Water was falling from the Hemicycle’s glass roof, which had been capturing the rain for many years. With repairs being completed in the fall 2021, new MPs will be able finally to work in the dry. It was not on the computers when it started to rain, thankfully, since there aren’t any. The debate editors still make notes by hand and post them on the National Assembly website. The last surprise was the existence of a small room that allowed for 24-hour lockdowns for those deputies who were too drunk or virulent. It is up to everyone to imagine who was there the longest.
The deputies arrived at the Palais-Bourbon in alphabetical order. This allowed them to vote for the President of Assembly. It was a great opportunity to watch the elected representatives from the various parties mix on the Hemicycle benches, which gave rise to some delicious moments. “The RN Julien Odoul just sat down beside Danielle Obono. He held out his hand to her, but she brilliantly ignored it,” tweeted a Paris-Match journalist, who was present on Twitter. The return of the Assembly promises five more delicious years, it is certain!
This one was unexpected. The environmentalist deputy of Rhone Marie-Charlotte Garin sat down in the Hemicycle for the first time. We can see a bit of her dress on the photo. She wrote, “Opening the 16th Legislature and the scent of transmission in our air.” It was a statement that provoked people to react. But wouldn’t this be the same dress Cecile Duflot, who was then minister, wore when she was whistled off by the machos on the right in 2012?
Positive comment from interested party: “It’s not the same. It’s mine,” she wrote with a wink. Then she replied to a tweet with a explanation of the process: “I owe my life to the feminists who opened the door…and it’s a tale that continues.” Marie-Charlotte Garin, 26 years old, is at the beginning of her fight.
The Hemicycle’s first malaise. The Nupes elected officials – Sabrina Sebaihi, Sandra Regol – criticized Jose Gonzalez’s reference to French Algeria in his inaugural speech to the National Assembly. (Traditionally, the inaugural speech is given to the oldest member). Bouches-duRhone’s elected official, a pied-noir from Oran, spoke about his native land, describing how he was “ripped” from it. He interrupted his speech to explain that he had “left a portion of my France there” at Algeria’s independence in 1962.
To add, he wasn’t there to “judge whether the OAS had committed crimes or not” in the corridors.
Jose Gonzalez is innocent of any offense. The Secret Army Organization, which was founded in 1961, the OAS has committed no crimes.
Eric Coquerel, the “rebellious” or Valerie Rabaut, socialist? After many days of suspense, declarations of all sorts, the Nupes decided to present the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis to the Assembly’s Finance Committee chairman post. This is a crucial function that was delegated to an opposition deputy. Eric Coquerel, who was a member in the past legislature, was also a member the “ComFi”, with around 70 deputies. Faced with opposition groups (Elisabeth Borne had promised that the majority would not vote), Eric Coquerel was elected to the “ComFi”, which has about 70 deputies. The union of the left (LFI, PS EELV, PCF), is the favourite by presenting a single candidate.
Nupes’s sole candidate is not right for the far-right party or its candidate Jean-Philippe Tanguy. (Somme). The National Rally is numerically inferior and can only hope to win the votes of Les Republicains, who are the deputies. The RN cries for “device maneuvers” and “Nupes piracy” on all positions within the National Assembly. Calimero also said that it was unfair and that it was too unfair.
Faced with possible political paralysis due to the fragmentation at the National Assembly, President of Medef Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux already has everything planned: he wants “consensus” to be built with the unions. He stated that “We cannot continue to be motionless for five more years. The social partners must also form majorities majorities, majorities in circumstance” on RMC/BFM TV.
Not to be overlooked, the boss of bosses had already started to have a dialogue with all employers’ organisations and trade unions in 2018 to “rethink” the role of social partners. Although the proposal was well received, it wasn’t followed up. Geoffroy Roux De Bezieux declared, “sooner than later, we should pose the question of working hours, public holidays, and paid leave”, returning to the 35-hour work week. It is enough to reach a consensus with the government and not the unions.
