
The June 2022 French legislative elections have seen a new generation of young, mostly angry lawmakers angling for influence in the National Assembly. Does this spell a real break from the past or merely the rise of hung parliament theatrics for France?
As Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne delivered her first, much-awaited address to parliament on Wednesday, the head of France’s minority government faced a raucous opposition, forcing the 61-year-old politician to soldier on through chants, taunts and jeers.