Vote for centrist MP Yaël Braun-Pivet marks first step out of governing limbo since snap elections left country divided
French lawmakers have re-elected a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc as president of parliament’s lower house, a possible breakthrough in attempts to form a majority amid deadlock.after a snap election this month left the country without any clear path to forming a new government as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games.
With 220 votes in the third round, Yaël Braun-Pivet, 53, in a surprise move beat leftwing candidate André Chassaigne, who received 207 votes.unexpectedly topped the 7 July runoff
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