Pro-Macron and center-right lawmakers successfully pulled their votes together to stop the left from grabbing control of the National Assembly.

Emmanuel Macron’s party formed a last–minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country’s next government.

The two political groups put together an ad-hoc alliance to reelect Yaël Braun-Pivet as head of the French National Assembly, the fourth highest-ranking official in France. The vote was widely seen as a test to see who could work together in France’s fractured parliament to name a future prime minister.

In combining their forces, the centrists and the center right seized political momentum while also delivering a stunning blow to their rivals further to the left.

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  • @[email protected]English
    10•4 months ago

    Does anyone have an alternative source?Politico Europe is owned by Axel Springer SE, and Axel Springer was apparently like Germany’s Murdoch.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      4•4 months ago

      Here’s coverage from the Guardian. It was a big story that was widely covered so it shouldn’t be hard to find another source if you want one.

      I understand the concern about their sale but the conclusion that they aren’t reliable isn’t supported by evidence as far I can tell. Per the included link in the post, they haven’t failed a fact check in the last 5 years – and they were sold to Axel Springer in late 2021. MBFC has reviewed them multiple times since the acquisition. Politico, also acquired by Axel Springer, was rated “Leans Left” in blind bias reviews by AllSides both before and after the acquisition, so it doesn’t appear to have changed their editorial bias much either. I can’t find any evidence of a shift rightward or away from factual reporting.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•4 months ago

        Thanks for the info.

        My concern is less about the reliability of the provided info and more the bias of the voice/language being used, and the choice of which facts get reported on. To me, this Politico article reads as rather sympathetic to the right wing.

        Ultimately I don’t think “unbiased” reporting truly exists, it’d be better if journalists (and their editors/employers) were transparent about conflicts of interest, like in scientific publications (even though it’s not like that’s likely to happen, so the reality is that anyone seeking such info has to find it out by themself). Not to mention how the left-right spectrum is pretty subjective and vague.