You climb it by a few steps and the election of your peers.
At the height of the last row of the hemicycle, the Perchoir of the National Assembly offers a position as prestigious… as it is inconvenient.
The desk is too low to cross your legs on;
the seat too deep to lean against.
And so heavy, that it is impossible to install it and rotate it without the help of ushers.
“His primary aim is not comfort!
laughs MoDem vice-president Élodie Jacquier-Laforge about this furniture, which hasn't changed since 1799. a situation that is too comfortable…”, relativizes the new Renaissance president (ex-LREM) of the Palais-Bourbon, Yaël Braun-Pivet.
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