Yaël Braun-Pivet Re-Elected as Speaker of French National Assembly

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Yaël Braun-Pivet from Emmanuel Macron's centrist party has been re-elected as the speaker of the National Assembly in France with 220 votes.

An Overview of the News

• The election was closely contested, with veteran communist lawmaker André Chassaigne receiving 207 votes after three rounds of voting.

• The re-election follows recent elections that left no single group with a majority in the lower house of parliament.

• The National Assembly, France's influential lower house of parliament, convened to elect a speaker after chaotic snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron resulted in a hung legislature.

National Assembly (France)

• The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the French Parliament.

• It operates under the Fifth Republic.

• The upper house is the Senate (Sénat).

• Legislators in the National Assembly are known as députés.

• "Député" means "delegate" or "envoy." The term is similar to "deputy" in other parliamentary systems.

• Founded - 4 October 1958

About France

President: Emmanuel Macron

Prime minister: Gabriel Attal

Capital: Paris

Currency : Euro