Marine Le Pen wants to show that her deputies can work efficiently in France’s parliament and form an “elite” ready to take over in 2027
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskMs Le Pen’s ambition is not merely stylistic. A party once banished to the fringes of political life now finds itself the biggest single opposition party to President Emmanuel Macron. His centrist alliance, Ensemble, lost its majority in last month’s general election, and now faces a buoyant, if fragmented, opposition.
In 2017 it was Emmanuel Macron who led electoral novices from his centrist party into parliament. He has a fair few this time. But the more noteworthy now sit on the opposition benches. On the left, Mr Mélenchon’s new crop includes Rachel Kéké, a former chambermaid who describes herself as “the voice of the voiceless”. Another is Mathilde Hignet, a 29-year-old farm worker from Brittany, who beat Mr Macron’s candidate by just 328 votes.
As the president scrapes around for a majority to pass his bills, which he looks set to try to do one by one, the new parliament will be a noisy theatre. First-timers in opposition seeking to make a name will be in no mood to give Ensemble an easy time. Once the buzz has worn off, they may also find their new lifestyles taxing. “Let’s see over time how many keep turning up to sittings,” says one of Mr Macron’s deputies.
For all the sense of novelty, parliament has in fact seen less of a clear-out than it did in 2017. Then, 75% of deputies were new; this time the figure is 52%. Their average age remains just under 49 years. There are slightly fewer women, although one, Yaël Braun-Pivet, was elected speaker, the first woman ever to hold the job.
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