Trolling of a French deputy Insoumise for an Ultra member of the old table of the National Assembly

France’s new 577 deputies elected after the July 7 election will vote this Thursday to choose who will be president of the National Assembly. It’s an important, serious vote, taking into account that no party has won an absolute majority and that the parliament is difficult to govern—it is divided into three large blocs: the left-wing union New Popular Front (NFP) with 182 seats, Emmanuel Macron’s coalition with 168 deputies, and Marine Le Pen’s far-right bloc, the National Rally (RN) with 143 deputies—but the French have left room for political affirmation through humor a little. Trolling So that we don’t lean towards the far right.

Next to the ballot box in which the delegates have cast their votes was the RN deputy Flavien Termette, who is a member of the senior board because he is the youngest member of the assembly. Some delegates from the leftist faction have decided to vote and pass, without joining the ultra group and without saying hello. Almost all have simply rejected Termette’s extended hand. Almost all, except for one: François Piquemal. The deputies from Insoumise France – a party that has joined a leftist coalition with the Socialists, environmentalists and the French Communist Party – have decided to play by themselves rock Paper Scissors with the aim of avoiding shaking hands with Le Pen’s running mate.

The video of the session – broadcast, of course, live – shows Piquemal approaching Termet. The first man places his ballot in the ballot box and makes the popular gesture of children’s games, before raising his head. Meanwhile, the far-right man waits with his hand outstretched … as if he had pulled his hand away paper. Pikemal takes out ScissorsThe Scissors Green paper And Pikemal grins evilly at the loser, before Termite gives a confused look: “Too bad, maybe next time,” his face seems to mean it.

The leftist deputy posted a video of that moment on his profile on the social network rock Paper Scissors, In the end, the NFP won,” he expressed.

The NFP group surprised on July 7 and overturned the predictions of election polls, which showed Le Pen’s RN as the winning party. Thousands of young people took to the streets of Paris to celebrate. “Our people have clearly rejected the proposal of fear,” said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, president of La Francia Insumissa and leader of the NFP coalition.

The vote to elect the Assembly’s president is divided into two rounds. A candidate must receive an absolute majority of votes in any first session to win. If this does not happen, a third round with a simple majority is held. That said, voting is expected to be tedious and lengthy. Piquemal prefers to cheer him up by using humor.

France’s new 577 deputies elected after the July 7 election will vote this Thursday to choose who will be president of the National Assembly. It’s an important, serious vote, taking into account that no party has won an absolute majority and that the parliament is difficult to govern—it is divided into three large blocs: the left-wing union New Popular Front (NFP) with 182 seats, Emmanuel Macron’s coalition with 168 deputies, and Marine Le Pen’s far-right bloc, the National Rally (RN) with 143 deputies—but the French have left room for political affirmation through humor a little. Trolling So that we don’t lean towards the far right.

Next to the ballot box in which the delegates have cast their votes was the RN deputy Flavien Termette, who is a member of the senior board because he is the youngest member of the assembly. Some delegates from the leftist faction have decided to vote and pass, without joining the ultra group and without saying hello. Almost all have simply rejected Termette’s extended hand. Almost all, except for one: François Piquemal. The deputies from Insoumise France – a party that has joined a leftist coalition with the Socialists, environmentalists and the French Communist Party – have decided to play by themselves rock Paper Scissors with the aim of avoiding shaking hands with Le Pen’s running mate.