After the election of Yaël Braun-Pivet, the deputies of the right and the “central bloc” remain cautious about the idea of ​​a coalition

The outgoing president of the Assembly was re-elected on Thursday evening thanks to an agreement between the right and Macron’s party. Which already leaves some people imagining the future.

Alliance: this is a word that the Republicans refused to pronounce on Thursday, July 18. Yaël Braun-Pivet has regained her seat in the Assembly’s perch, eleven days after the early legislative elections due to the dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron. However, the outgoing president of the Assembly was re-elected thanks to an agreement between the right and Macron’s party that may lay the foundations for a government coalition. At the end of a tense day, Yaël Braun-Pivet was elected in the third round with 220 votes against the left-wing candidate André Chassaigne (PCF), 207 votes. Sébastien Chenu (RN) almost won all of his camp’s votes with 141 votes.

However, if the right has withdrawn its candidate to support Yaël Braun-Pivet, it is above all to block the left“to block France Insoumise and its allies“, assures Vincent Jeanbrun.”To ensure that those who have been involved in the permanent chaos of this chamber do not reach the highest responsibilities“, defends the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne). And when asked to confirm a “deal“between Gabriel Attal and Laurent Wauquiez for the distribution of strategic positions in the Assembly, he responds: “We discuss in an independent and constructive right“.

So, to see things more clearly, we turn to the Macronist deputies. Eric Woerth, for his part, is not afraid to pronounce the word “agreement”. According to him, this is a good omen: “This is a first step. We will see if we can go further… and I think we can go further! We have to agree at some point to know if we can reform and possibly govern.”

“It is through in-depth work that we must move forward with the Republicans,” advocates Jean-René Cazeneuve.We need to discuss a program. We need to move forward as quickly as possible in the coming weeks to find a legislative platform.“, insists the Member of Parliament for La République en Marche for the 1st constituency of Gers

In the meantime, the right is expecting a return of the favor this Friday, the day of elections for key positions in the Assembly: Macronie should thus support the Republican candidates for the first vice-presidency of the Assembly and for a position of quaestor.

For his part, Emmanuel Macron finally has an answer, he who, on the evening of the second round, was waiting to see how the assembly would structure itself before appointing a new Prime Minister. The “center of gravity” is now known, slipped by message one of the closest collaborators of the head of state. In short: the New Popular Front is defeated and this vote “creinforces the idea that only a broad coalition is possible“So, can we talk about the beginning of the construction of a coalition?”It’s a first step, but we must be humble, the road is still long…“, concedes an advisor to the government.