Since the gesture of openness desired by Nicolas Sarkozy, the election to the presidency of the Finance Committee had always been a formality and the choice of its holder (Didier Migaud, Jérôme Cahuzac, Gilles Carrez and Éric Woerth) an obvious one, the thematic competence taking precedence over partisan considerations.
This time, the ensuing battle reveals the complexities of the new order emerging from the ballot box.
The first is that of the opposition leadership.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon having led a thundering campaign and Marine Le Pen a low noise campaign, the idea took hold that these legislative elections had only been a Macron-Mélenchon duel.
In fact, the left was less powerful than announced and the RN stronger than imagined.
The Nupes, as a coalition, is the first political force in the Hemicycle, but the RN, as a group, is first.
And if the group is the basic entity, the arithmetic works for the left.
With 18 commissioners for the Nupes, the LFI Éric Coquerel has, has…
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