The Daily Populous Friday July 19th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by One-Tumbleweed5980

Braun-Pivet’s win “makes it likely that Macron will be able to appoint a prime minister from his camp,” Matthieu Hocque, a political analyst at the Millénaire public policy think tank in Paris, said. “In France’s modern history, the president of the National Assembly has always been in the same camp as the prime minister, it would be historical if it were not to be the case.”

Thursday’s dramatic vote came just 11 days after the New Popular Front (NFP), a broad alliance of left-wing parties, secured a surprise victory in this summer’s snap election, winning the most seats but falling far short of an outright majority.

The inconclusive result of the election pushed French politics into turmoil, threatening the EU’s second-biggest economy with months or even years of political paralysis.

But Thursday night’s vote in the National Assembly indicates that a narrow path through the deadlock may be in sight.

The dramatic vote came just 11 days after the NFP secured a surprise victory. | Teresa Suarez/Getty Images

The contest came down to the wire. After the center right withdrew its own candidate following the first round of the three-round vote, Braun-Pivet and her opponent from the left, Communist lawmaker André Chassaigne, found themselves separated by just eight votes. Braun-Pivet ended up winning thanks to the support of just a few unaffiliated lawmakers.

Despite their success through unity, Macron’s camp and the conservatives may not continue their partnership.

ratherbewinedrunk on July 19th, 2024 at 03:09 UTC »

“ Thursday’s dramatic vote came just 11 days after the New Popular Front (NFP), a broad alliance of left-wing parties, secured a surprise victory in this summer’s snap election, winning the most seats but falling far short of an outright majority.”

That was only 11 days ago?! I need off the ride that is this timeline.

Apprehensive_Sleep_4 on July 19th, 2024 at 01:37 UTC »

It's good that the far right Pro-Russia party didn't win.

Wanna_Know_More on July 19th, 2024 at 01:36 UTC »

Just a reminder that when the announcement was first made to dissolve the National Assembly, the doomsayers on here were resigned to a new far right government and thought Macron was desperate.

Fast forward post-snap election, and Le Pen and co got completely bent over, and Macron is now establishing a new coalition.

It goes to show when it comes to gauging political trends and predicting election outcomes, Reddit doesn't know shit about fuck.