Even before the doors open, at 8:30 a.m., macronist Karl Olive is the first to arrive in the morning freshness.

In the majority, "this is not the result we expected" and "everything will not be simple", confides the various right-wing mayor of Poissy and former sports journalist, in a suit and tie.

Shortly after, a new elected Parisian Nupes arrives, the Insoumis Rodrigo Arenas, former president of the FCPE, the Federation of Parents' Councils from 2018 to 2021.

Rodrigo Arenas, in Paris on May 17, 2022 Emmanuel DUNAND AFP / Archives

"The least we can say is that the session will be complicated given the balance" policies, he recognizes.

In addition to educational issues, he sets as "fight" the fight against the National Rally, which will be able to form a group of 89 deputies.

"I have the particularity of coming from Chile. I arrived here with my parents because it is a country in which the extreme right has taken power in the worst possible way. It is a real issue", according to M Arenas.

"Come on (allez)!": Clémentine Autain, re-elected in Seine-Saint-Denis, hugs a newcomer to the Assembly, the Parisian Insoumise Danielle Simonnet, in a red jacket and "determined".

Danielle Simonnet arrives at the National Assembly on June 20, 2022 Geoffroy Van der Hasselt AFP

With the left Nupes, "it's a form of popular anger that lands", "count on us to be offensive", warns Ms. Autain.

His socialist colleague from Nupes Isabelle Santiago specifies: "I am not elected to be in the systematic opposition".

bitterness

At the end of the morning, a few deputies walkers point in the greyness.

For those who already know the house, a certain bitterness hovers: "I regret the departure of some of our colleagues", loose Sylvain Maillard, elected from Paris.

Christophe Castaner, during Emmanuel Macron's meeting in Marseille on April 16, 2022 Ludovic MARIN AFP / Archives

The ex-boss of LREM deputies Christophe Castaner is defeated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

In an internal message, he said he was "obviously worried about the risk that our country is running", "a real danger of blockage and disorder. For our opponents, the hemicycle will be the first place of institutional ankylosis".

"It's a very difficult context," also says Aurore Bergé, re-elected in Yvelines.

But "it will be a democratic laboratory", wants to believe Finistère Erwan Balanant, Modem deputy who arrived on a bicycle and Converse sneakers.

He expects a "fireworks" from the side of Nupes, with an explosion of the alliance.

Charles Rodwell arrives at the National Assembly on June 20, 2022 Geoffroy Van der Hasselt AFP

For newcomers like Charles Rodwell (Ensemble), it's time for emotion first: "I'm very touched," he repeats.

in a wheelchair

The Nupes Sébastien Peytavie (Dordogne), first deputy in a wheelchair of the Fifth Republic, arrives at the Palais Bourbon: "I believe that in 2005, a law was passed on the accessibility of public buildings, we will check".

Ministers who won pass briefly: Gérald Darmanin (North) or Clément Beaune, narrowly elected in Paris.

"We will have to invent something" to govern, "let everyone do their part", claims the latter.

Philippe Juvin on the set of CNEWS and Europe 1, in Paris, November 21, 2021 JULIEN DE ROSA AFP / Archives

In this composite Assembly, with macronists far from the absolute majority, "there will be a succession of blows to block the machine", anticipates a parliamentary source, while trusting the institutions to absorb the shocks.

The only LR elected in the Hauts-de-Seine, Philippe Juvin pleads for a "reasonable opposition" in the face of "radical opposition" from Nupes and RN.

"The President of the Republic is going to need all the elected officials".

His colleague Pierre-Henri Dumont is more decided: "We will impose our ideas much better outside than inside".

With the defeat of many tenors of the majority - the President of the Assembly Richard Ferrand, the leaders of the LREM deputies Christophe Castaner and MoDem Patrick Mignola or the general rapporteur for the budget Laurent Saint-Martin -, many strategic positions are at to input.

The predictions are going well.

Richard Ferrand visits the tennis court in Versailles, March 2, 2022 Sameer Al-DOUMY AFP / Archives

For LFI, leaving the presidency of the Finance Committee to the RN is out of the question: the rebellious claim this key position, reserved for a deputy from an opposition group.

The left deputies should arrive en masse on Tuesday, and the RNs on Wednesday.

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