In France, the far-right RN party sees key positions in Parliament slip from its grasp

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00:00It's another defeat for the far right in France.

00:05The National Rally, despite having the most seats of any party, has failed to get any

00:09of its candidates elected to the bureau which runs parliament.

00:13They blamed a deal between conservative leader Laurent Wauquiez and the centrists of President

00:18Emmanuel Macron and acting Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

00:22The friends of Mr Wauquiez and Mr Attal came to a completely immoral and illegal agreement.

00:30On Thursday, this deal led to the surprise re-election of Yael Bourbon-Pivet from Macron's

00:35party as head of the parliament.

00:38Of the remaining 21 administrative posts, the left-wing bloc has bagged 12, the far

00:43right none.

00:45Since the election shattered the make-up of parliament two weeks ago, there's been no

00:48end to the bickering.

00:50One vote even had to be redone after more ballots were found in the box than the number

00:54of MPs that voted.

00:56In all anger and fury, I say shame on those who tried to defraud our parliament.

01:08It's a sign of tensions that will persist with no elections permitted for another year

01:12at least.

01:13The conservatives have registered as an opposition party and have sworn not to ally with Macron's

01:18centrists, but they could yet prove a building block if MPs want to break the deadlock and

01:24form a coalition government.

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