Members of the French National Assembly (the lower house of parliament) re-elected Yael Bron-Pivet, who is an ally of President Emmanuel Macron, as speaker. This was reported by BFM TV, according to UNN.
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Voting in the French parliament took place in three rounds. In the third round, Bron-Pivet won the relative majority of votes necessary for re-election.
In the final round of voting, Bron-Pivet beat the far-left and communist candidate Andre Chassin (207 votes) and the far-right candidate Sébastien Chenu (141 votes). A total of 220 MPs voted for her candidacy.
In 2022, Bron-Pivet became the first woman to hold this position. During her presidency in the French Parliament, she visited Ukraine several times, including a speech in the Verkhovna Rada.