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| France's Macron announces gender equal list of political outsiders | |
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| The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary elections next month. | |
| Only 24 of those chosen are outgoing MPs from the current parliament. | Only 24 of those chosen are outgoing MPs from the current parliament. |
| Some 52% come from civil society and exactly half are women, the secretary-general of La République En Marche (Republic on the Move) said. | Some 52% come from civil society and exactly half are women, the secretary-general of La République En Marche (Republic on the Move) said. |
| Richard Ferrand said the choices marked "the definitive return of citizens to the heart of our political life". | Richard Ferrand said the choices marked "the definitive return of citizens to the heart of our political life". |
| Mr Macron still needs to select more than 100 candidates for the 577-seat parliament. | |
| Youngest is 24 | |
| The movement received more than 19,000 applications, Mr Ferrand said at a news conference, with 1,700 telephone interviews conducted with candidates. | The movement received more than 19,000 applications, Mr Ferrand said at a news conference, with 1,700 telephone interviews conducted with candidates. |
| The average age of the list is 46 "compared to 60 years for the average of outgoing MPs", he said. | The average age of the list is 46 "compared to 60 years for the average of outgoing MPs", he said. |
| The youngest candidate is 24 years old, while the oldest is 72. Around 10 candidates are unemployed, double that are retired and a handful are students. | |
| All of the outgoing MPs chosen to run come from the Socialist Party of departing President François Hollande. | |
| Mr Ferrand confirmed that Mr Macron's ex-cabinet colleague Manuel Valls - the former prime minister who has now burned his boats with his Socialists - had not been selected. | Mr Ferrand confirmed that Mr Macron's ex-cabinet colleague Manuel Valls - the former prime minister who has now burned his boats with his Socialists - had not been selected. |
| He said that he did "not meet the criteria" because he had already served three parliamentary terms. | |
| But the party will not be running a candidate against him in the Essonne constituency south of Paris. | |
| France had been waiting to see if the party list would live up to Mr Macron's pledge to clean up France's public life. | France had been waiting to see if the party list would live up to Mr Macron's pledge to clean up France's public life. |
| Why are the candidates being unveiled now? | Why are the candidates being unveiled now? |
| Mr Macron was only elected on Sunday and the two-round parliamentary vote takes place on 11 and 18 June. But with only one month to go, every political party is now focusing on the race for the National Assembly. | Mr Macron was only elected on Sunday and the two-round parliamentary vote takes place on 11 and 18 June. But with only one month to go, every political party is now focusing on the race for the National Assembly. |
| His recently rebranded party is only 13 months old and Mr Macron needs to show he will have not just a mandate but the power in parliament to push through his programme. | |
| Are there still more to be selected? | Are there still more to be selected? |
| The next president wants to fight all of France's 577 constituencies, but only 428 candidates were announced on Thursday (214 men and 214 women). | The next president wants to fight all of France's 577 constituencies, but only 428 candidates were announced on Thursday (214 men and 214 women). |
| Nearly 20,000 people applied and a few thousand only added their names in the last few days following the election. | Nearly 20,000 people applied and a few thousand only added their names in the last few days following the election. |
| Some of the names announced so far include: | Some of the names announced so far include: |
| How are the candidates chosen? | How are the candidates chosen? |
| We know the Macron team have set out five conditions: | We know the Macron team have set out five conditions: |
| What's wrong with Manuel Valls? | What's wrong with Manuel Valls? |
| When the Socialist ex-prime minister announced this week that his own party was dead and he wanted to be a candidate for the new president's party, the initial response was lukewarm - and then he was turned down for not yet "meeting the criteria". | When the Socialist ex-prime minister announced this week that his own party was dead and he wanted to be a candidate for the new president's party, the initial response was lukewarm - and then he was turned down for not yet "meeting the criteria". |
| Opponents have seized on the decision as treachery, and by Wednesday Twitter was alive with the hashtag #VallsEnMarcheVersPoleEmploi (Valls on the move to the job centre). | Opponents have seized on the decision as treachery, and by Wednesday Twitter was alive with the hashtag #VallsEnMarcheVersPoleEmploi (Valls on the move to the job centre). |
| Republican party leader François Baroin said the way Mr Valls had been treated "revealed a great deal about the sectarian spirit of a movement that wanted to be modern but in three days in its methods already belonged to the past". | Republican party leader François Baroin said the way Mr Valls had been treated "revealed a great deal about the sectarian spirit of a movement that wanted to be modern but in three days in its methods already belonged to the past". |