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00:00France's National Assembly is finally taking shape after key committee roles were appointed
00:05this week.
00:06For Eric Coquerel, the re-elected chairman of the Assembly's Finance Committee, it's
00:11an opportunity that extends beyond administrative duties.
00:15I'll be a president of the opposition and I'll defend the program of the group that
00:22backed me, the New Popular Front, before the ministers who will come to face me.
00:30He was appointed despite some calls from centrists to block candidates from his party, France
00:34Unbowed, and was one of many New Popular Front candidates to take the top jobs.
00:39The left-wing alliance will hold two out of six vice-president posts, one out of three
00:44financial administrators and nine out of twelve secretaries.
00:48The far-right National Rally Party, on the other hand, missed out entirely, despite having
00:53the most seats in the government from a single party.
00:58I believe that democracy means respecting voters.
01:01When nearly 11 million voters are treated as pariahs, are excluded from any position
01:06within this institution in violation of the rules of the National Assembly, I'm not disappointed,
01:13I'm outraged.
01:17A situation the Assembly's president was quick to address.
01:21In any case, the National Rally Party's voice will be heard in the National Assembly.
01:27Rest assured, I will take great care to ensure that every French person who voted in these
01:32legislative elections is heard at the Assembly.
01:35Yael Bourbon-Pivet is a Macron loyalist who held the post during the previous parliament.
01:40She was re-elected on Thursday after winning 220 votes and will now have to run the institution
01:45alongside the new Popular Front.