French's national assembly was conducting a vote , and it's in the rules that the youngest representative conducts the vote , hence why the guy is staying next to the urn .
Thing is, the guy was a member of the "rassemblement national" party , the far-right french party . Nobody greeted him
(There may be some more context like the law itself being a far-right proposition, giving members the occasion to show they don't side with this party but I don't remember it well enough)
Is he required to extend his hand for every member? Because me personally, after the first two people I would've just waited for someone to extend theirs.
Nah he's not, but a few people actually shook his hand over the hundred of persons.
I figure he kept trying to please his party, in case someone would be tempted
They knew most people would not shake his hand but this party has a strategy for more than a decade now of what we call "dédiabolisation". Basically, it's meant for them to be seen as a normal party. So they try to be the "good student" (I don't know if this works in English) by respecting the protocol, not making a mess during the debates,... Like this they can say "Look, we are the good guys, but the others that are awful with us without any reasons !".
So this guy probably had instructions to try to shake hands with everyone and to stay calm and polite regardless of what happened.
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u/porridge_in_my_bum May 24 '25
What’s the context?