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Added on the 07/07/2024 08:28:14 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of the French National Assembly the day after the second round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
France goes to the polls on Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with a resurgent and newly unified left seeking to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. Elections for the 577 seats in the lower house National Assembly are a two-round process. The shape of the new parliament will become clear only after the second round, a week later, on June 19. IMAGES of France's National Assembly exterior
Members of parliament begin voting to elect the president of the National Assembly, a crucial election for the lower house that should also influence the political recomposition within the executive over the coming weeks. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gathered in Place de la République, Paris, in response to a call from the CGT union and others 'to put the National Assembly under surveillance' and demand 'respect' for the election results a few hours before the opening of the new term of office of the Palais Bourbon. IMAGES
Following in the footsteps of the Ecologists, the Insoumis MPs take their turn in the National Assembly, boosted by the Left's success in the legislative elections and with their hopes of governing intact despite the absence of an absolute majority. IMAGES