The elected Puy-de-Dôme André Chassaigne, 71, was reappointed on Wednesday June 22 at the head of the Democratic and Republican Left group in the National Assembly, which includes 12 Communists and six Ultramarines, a-t- we learned from a parliamentary source.
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This former professor of Letters and History-geo then principal of college, with a loud talk and a thick mustache, has chaired this group since 2012, which was reformed in 2017 and this year too, by exceeding the minimum threshold of 15 members.
The number one of the PCF Fabien Roussel had knighted him on Tuesday June 21, saying his wish that André Chassaigne, “
the one who knows best the functioning of this house
” Assembly, remains at its head.
“The interest for the people of the left”
The GDR group, with its "
two components - that of the Communist deputies and that of the Overseas deputies - will be intended to express itself within the left united in the National Assembly, in complete independence, and with respect for the political uniqueness of each of its members
", said André Chassaigne recently.
He, like the other allies of the left alliance Nupes, rejected the idea of a single group, put on the table Monday by Jean-Luc Mélenchon so as not to let the RN be the first opposition group.
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"
Four groups within the Assembly will be stronger than one
" and the "
only compass
" must be "
the interest for the people of the left
", justified André Chassaigne.
Within the communist group, some are however close to the rebellious, like Sébastien Jumel and Elsa Faucillon.
André Chassaigne had competed against Jean-Luc Mélenchon to be the candidate of the Left Front for the 2012 presidential election, and their enmity is notorious.
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