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Emmanuel Macron’s party formed a last–minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country’s next government.

The two political groups put together an ad-hoc alliance to reelect Yaël Braun-Pivet as head of the French National Assembly, the fourth highest-ranking official in France. The vote was widely seen as a test to see who could work together in France’s fractured parliament to name a future prime minister.

In combining their forces, the centrists and the center right seized political momentum while also delivering a stunning blow to their rivals further to the left.

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago

Wow. Just wow. I shouldn't be surprised, but I'm nonetheless amazed that they'd rather flee into the arms of the far right fascists than try to work with the left. Incredible.

[-] hylobates@jlai.lu 2 points 3 months ago

Not far right, just right. But yeah unfortunately not a surprise.

[-] freohr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Well, the small remains of the right just fractured themselves during this election over working with the far right, so the margins are pretty small on the right of Macron's deputy's.

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