Macron is back on horseback: his comrade-in-arms was re-elected speaker of the National Assembly

Macron is back on horseback: his ally was re-elected speaker of the National Assembly Anastasia Kolesnikova

The new composition of the lower house of the French parliament has decided on the speaker/Collage 24 Channel

On July 18, a decisive vote took place in Paris for the new speaker of the French National Assembly. The updated composition of the lower house of parliament gave a majority of votes for Macron's ally.

After forecasts showed that his political force was losing to the far-right National Rally “in the elections to the European Parliament, Macron announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called new elections.

Macron maintains a strong position in parliament

At the beginning of July, a new composition of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, was formed. According to the results of the second round, the New Popular Front party won, Macron’s “Together!” coalition came second, and Le Pen’s far-right National Rally was third. The assembly on July 18 decided on a new speaker. Voting lasted more than 5 hours. In total, it took three rounds to elect a winner.

In the end, parliamentarians re-elected Macron's ally Yael Bron-Pivet.

It is known that during the first round Andre Chassaigne won – 200 votes were cast for him. Sebastien Chenu from the National Rally was second, and Bron-Pivet was only third with 124 votes. However, already in the next two rounds, Macron’s company pulled ahead and won the championship, receiving 220 votes.