🔴Live: France’s hung parliament to vote on new Assembly president

France’s new National Assembly is set to meet for the first time Thursday following snap legislative elections which failed to create a majority and split the lower house into three political blocs. Parliamentarians must elect their new president, a role that has taken on increasing importance amid stalled negotiations to nominate a new prime minister. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments in a crunch day for French politics.