Macron ally admits dismay

FRANCE’S parliamentary speaker has written of her “immense disappoint-ment” over the methods used by Pres-ident Emmanuel Macron ~ an ally -during his almost eight years in power.

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Yael Braun-Pivet, a senior figure in Macron’s centrist party, expressed the view in a book published yesterday, becoming one of the first figures within the ruling elite to air such grievances publicly.

Her book, A ma place (In my Place), covers the challenges she faced on becoming the first woman speaker of the National Assembly and the alleged sexism she had to overcome - as well as her assessment of the president's style of rule.