Left-Wing MP Makes Rock-Paper-Scissors Motion to Avoid Shaking Hands with National Rally MP

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A French left-wing MP made a rock-paper-scissors motion to avoid shaking hands with the newly appointed MP Flavien Termet, from the National Rally right-wing party, during a session of the National Assembly on Thursday, July 18.

In footage livestreamed to Facebook by the National Assembly, the left-wing French MP Francois Piquemal, of La France Insoumise, can be seen making the playful hand gesture to avoid shaking hands with Termet.

“In the ballot boxes like rock paper scissors, in the end it is the NFP which wins,” wrote Piquemal on X, referring to the results of the left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP) in the second round of the recent elections.

Other parlamentarians from left-wing parties refused to shake hands with Termet, according to news reports.

Termet, who is 22 years old, is the youngest member of the French National Assembly. Credit: Assemblee Nationale via Storyful