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Bicameral legislature of the French Fifth Republic
- The French Parliament (French: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale).
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The French Parliament (French: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale).
Parliamentary composition and functions. The National Assembly is composed of 577 deputies who are directly elected for a term of five years in single-member constituencies on the basis of a majority two-ballot system, which requires that a runoff take place if no candidate has obtained the absolute majority on the first ballot.
The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale; pronounced [asɑ̃ble nɑsjɔnal]) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat).
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The French parliament is made up of two houses or chambers. The lower and principal house of parliament is the Assembée nationale, or national assembly; the second chamber is the Sénat or Senate. Members of Parliament, called Députés , are elected by universal suffrage, in general elections (Élections législatives) that take place every five years.
Jul 5, 2022 · The Assemblée nationale is France’s lower house of parliament – for British readers, the equivalent of the House of Commons. France’s upper house is the Senate. These two assemblées make up France’s parliament and both have a role to play in passing laws.
- Thomas Brent
Jan 30, 2022 · By the Constitution of 1875, the Third Republic of France established a bicameral Parliament consisting of two assemblies: the Senate (le Sénat) and the Chamber of Deputies, known today as the National Assembly ( l’Assemblée nationale ). The National Assembly is the principal legislative body of the French Republic.
Parliament consists of the National Assembly and the Senate. It passes statutes and votes on the budget; it controls the action of the executive through formal questioning on the floor of the houses of Parliament and by establishing commissions of inquiry.
