The Macron candidate had promised to bring
“new faces”
to the National Assembly.
In the wake of his election to the Elysee Palace, a plethora of 314 deputies La République en Marche (LREM) settled in June 2017 in a Chamber that was three quarters of a new lease.
A boon, therefore, for the new head of state: no need to deal with the opposition, or even with his ally MoDem, the absolute majority of Marchers offering the government full latitude to carry out its reforms.
But in three years, the macronist mechanism has seized up.
The first cracks appeared in the majority, soon followed by resignations and expulsions of elected officials who disagree with the government line.
The presidential party lost its absolute majority last May, secessionists have created new groups, and the National Assembly has turned out to be more fragmented than ever.
The haemorrhage of the deputies of the majority is it unprecedented?
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Majority: the gathering in pain
● 43 elected fewer, a record
Resignations, exclusions ...
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