France's divided National Assembly keeps centrist speaker 

National Assembly speaker Yael Braun-Pivet is pictured with President Emmanuel Macron in Izieu, France, April 7, 2024. Braun-Pivet retained her post July 18, 2024, after three rounds of voting in the lower house of parliament.

France's divided National Assembly on Thursday kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron's party as speaker after a chaotic early election produced a hung legislature.