The deputy of the Landes Boris Vallaud was elected Thursday, June 23 president of the socialist group in the Assembly, taking over from Valérie Rabault, not a candidate, learned AFP from a parliamentary source.
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Aged 46 and also spokesperson for the PS, Boris Vallaud won by 26 votes against four for his colleague Guillaume Garot.
Jérôme Guedj, who killed Minister Amélie de Montchalin in Essonne, had withdrawn his candidacy in the morning.
