Invited on RTL, Sébastien Chenu judges that the powerful commission belongs to the party of Marine Le Pen, “first opposition group”.
Who will chair the prestigious Finance Committee of the National Assembly? Highly coveted, it is traditionally led by the largest opposition group. A status demanded by the National Rally since Sunday, the evening of the second round of the legislative elections, with its 89 elected deputies.
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Sébastien Chenu, guest on RTL, was quick to claim one of the eight permanent commissions, which oversees the state budget. “Republican tradition wants this Finance Committee to be reserved for the first opposition group“, estimated the deputy of the North, while specifying that he was within the party of Marine Le Pen “highly competent peopleto hold the presidency of the powerful commission. “In any case, I am thinking of a deputy elected last night…“, he said, elliptically. According to our information, Marine Le Pen personally asked her former deputy director of the presidential campaign Jean-Philippe Tanguy, now deputy for the 4th district of the Somme, to prepare for the post.
“The presidency of the Finance Committee in the National Assembly goes to the largest opposition groupfor his part judged Marc Fesneau. Even if I don’t like it, whether it’s the RN, it’s imposed on us, it’s imposed on me.” Thus, continued the deputy of Loir-et-Cher, “85 LFI deputies and 89 RN deputies“. “We’ll see when the groups are going to be formed, maybe there will be new elements…»
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