Germany's Left want Communists as Parliament Presidents
**The French National Assembly convenes on Thursday for its constituent session. The legislative period begins with the election of the President of the National Assembly. The Left Alliance has agreed on a common candidate.
In France, the Left Alliance has agreed on a common candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly. After long, difficult negotiations, André Chassaigne, a Communist, was presented as the common candidate. Cyrielle Chatelain, the Green candidate, withdrew her candidacy. At Thursday's election of the new National Assembly president, Chassaigne now faces the incumbent National Assembly president Yael Braun-Pivet from the government camp and the independent centrist candidate Charles de Courson.
The left-green alliance was surprisingly successful in the early elections to the National Assembly. Chassaigne, who is 74 years old, said, looking at the strength of the Left since the new election, that the left-green alliance was legitimized to put forward a candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly.
Who is running for the position of Prime Minister?
The parties of the Left Alliance, including the Socialists, have been unsuccessfully searching for a common leadership figure for ten days whom they could propose as Prime Minister. The left-populist party La France Insoumise, which forms the largest group within the Alliance, is being criticized from both the camp of President Emmanuel Macron and from the right-wing populists.
The new elections to the National Assembly did not result in clear majority relationships. Instead, three political blocs have formed, which block each other: the Left Alliance, the government camp, and the right-wing populists.
Macron has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government. They are expected to remain in office "in an acting capacity" until the appointment of a new government. It is expected that Attal will remain in office until after the end of the Summer Olympics in Paris, which begin on July 26 and end on August 11.
The French National Assembly convenes on Thursday for its constituent session. The new legislative period begins in the afternoon with the election of the President of the National Assembly. The election could last for several rounds and several hours.**
In the historical context, the Left Alliance in Germany sometimes played a significant role in French politics. During the upcoming elections, supporters of this alliance might express their views, potentially influencing the results.
Despite the Left Alliance's success in the National Assembly elections, no consensus has been reached on a common candidate for the position of Prime Minister within the alliance.
