If during previous legislatures, the political groups had agreed on these presidencies, this year, the deputies had failed to agree on a little less than twenty countries, requested by several groups at the same time.
In the absence of a compromise found, a method nicknamed “the turnstile” was finally adopted during a final meeting on Monday: each group, in order of importance, took turns choosing one of the disputed countries. These decisions must still be recorded during an office of theNational Assembly scheduled for next week.
The National gatheringtherefore first to choose, immediately set its sights on the Moroccoaccording to two deputies present at the meeting. The entourage of Marine Le Penleader of theextreme right in Francehad explained before this meeting that it was a “big country of diplomacy and of economic development” and an “important actor in the fight againstimmigration“, with a “strong diaspora“. Obtaining it was therefore considered a “strong signal”.
The RN also obtained the presidency of the France-Italy friendship groupaccording to the two deputies. He will also chair that of United Kingdomfor which negotiations were concluded before Monday.
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