Who to take the place of Richard Ferrand, eliminated in the second round of the legislative elections, on the perch?
This Wednesday, after the election of Aurore Bergé as head of the LREM deputies, thus succeeding Christophe Castaner, the party nominated its candidate to take the head of the National Assembly.
It is Yaël Braun-Pivet, the former president of the Law Commission at the Palais Bourbon, re-elected deputy for Yvelines on Sunday, who will take on this role, during the election scheduled for Tuesday, June 28.
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LREM deputies had until 6 p.m. on Tuesday to declare their candidacy for the perch.
They were finally four in the rows: the former ministers Joël Giraud and Barbara Pompili, the spokesperson for LREM, Roland Lescure, who had so far been a favorite, the Minister for Overseas Yaël Braun-Pivet, decided in extremis and deputy Sophie Errante.
The former LR who joined LREM Éric Woerth, who declared himself on our pages on Tuesday, finally backtracked on Wednesday at the end of the day.
The first round, carried out jointly with the MoDem and Horizons deputies, gave rise to a duel between Yaël Braun-Pivet, who collected 87 of the 205 votes cast, and Roland Lescure (67 votes).
In the second round, she collected 105 out of 192, her opponent 85.
"You need a political profile, but not politicized"
Roland Lescure was a big favourite… until Yaël Braun-Pivet declared his candidacy.
“It is a hypothesis that was put forward by Macron”, even breathed an adviser to the executive on Tuesday, about the spokesperson for LREM.
“You need a political profile, but not a politicized one.
This is an application that can satisfy everyone.
He knows the device well, he was chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, ”also deciphered a heavyweight from Macronie.
But the arrival in the race of the minister, a few minutes before the deadline, reshuffled the cards.
“The group wants to designate a woman”, then assured one of its members, with the Parisian.