France: Yaël Braun-Pivet From Emmanuel Macron’s Centrist Party Re-Elected As Speaker Of National Assembly

In France, Yaël Braun-Pivet from Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party has been re-elected as the speaker of the National Assembly with 220 votes.

The election was closely contested against veteran communist lawmaker André Chassaigne, who received 207 votes after three rounds of voting. This comes after recent elections left no single group with a majority in the lower house of parliament.

In France, Yaël Braun-Pivet of Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party has been re-elected as new speaker of the National Assembly with 220 votes.

France’s influential lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, convened today to elect a speaker following chaotic snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron that resulted in a hung legislature.