French Senator Mélanie Vogel argues that President Emmanuel Macron's nominee, confirmed as the next president of the Constitutional Council, Richard Ferrand, "doesn't even know what the powers of the institution he is supposed to preside over tomorrow are." The candidacy of the long-time Macron loyalist was approved by a vote in the law commissions of both chambers of Parliament. Thirty-nine parliamentarians voted in favour and fifty-eight against. It would have taken fifty-nine votes against to block the appointment. COMPLETES VIDI36Y67XY_EN & VIDI36Y86CY_EN SOUNDBITES