“It’s a beautiful symbol”: the revenge of Yaël Braun-Pivet, next president of the National Assembly

She had been thinking about it for some time, but the trigger would have come on the evening of the second round of the legislative elections. “We need you”, “you have to go to the Perchoir”, “it’s your time”, receives Yaël Braun-Pivet on his phone. The senders are members of the majority still stunned by the results of the elections… and determined to learn some lessons from the message sent by the French to the executive. Richard Ferrand, outgoing president of the National Assembly and close to Emmanuel Macron, has just been beaten in his constituency. He will therefore not be able to apply again for the prestigious post, that of the fourth character of the State. A place is up for grabs…