Placement in the hemicycle: when the RN asks not to be too far to the right

Europe 1 with AFP 6:05 p.m., June 30, 2022

Marine Le Pen demanded Thursday morning that the 89 RN deputies not be located on the far right of the hemicycle, during a meeting with the group presidents which is to continue in the afternoon, according to several parliamentary sources. .

According to elected officials from the majority and the opposition, Marine Le Pen has expressed the wish that her troops be installed to the left of the LRs watching the deputies from the perch.

His request is unlikely to succeed.

A meeting to determine the placements

"Marine Le Pen arrived saying I don't want to be placed on the far right of the hemicycle. She was reminded that despite everything there is something called political science and that political scientists classify it as extreme right," said one MP.

The President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance) and the group presidents held a meeting on placement in the hemicycle on Thursday morning at 9.30 a.m. in order to "carry out the division of the meeting room into as many sectors as there are groups and to determine the place of non-registered deputies", according to the agenda of the Assembly.

According to a group president, placement in the hemicycle is a time that traditionally gives rise to demands, in particular to occupy historic seats, such as that of Jean Jaurès.

There is also historically a "square of Alsatians", at the bottom right, according to him.

Not finished, this meeting resumes in the afternoon.