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The French Parliament (French: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the upper house, the Senate (Sénat), and the lower house, the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale).
The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale [asɑ̃ble nɑsjɔnal]) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat).
Jul 8, 2024 · An estimate by the French Interior Ministry at 5pm local time suggests that 59.7% of people voted—up from 59.39% at the same time in the first round and 38.11% in 2022.
Jun 30, 2024 · The National Assembly, the lower house, is the more powerful of France’s two houses of parliament. It has the final say in the law-making process over the Senate, dominated by conservatives. Macron has a presidential mandate until 2027, and said he would not step down before the end of his term.
May 11, 2022 · France is currently divided into 566 legislative districts, plus the 11 more added in 2012 to provide representation for some 2.5 million French citizens resident abroad.
Jun 27, 2024 · The 577 deputies at the lower house National Assembly are elected for renewable five-year terms, with no limit on the number of terms they may serve. An MP must be a member of one of the National...
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Jul 8, 2024 · Both the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, at 188 seats, and French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble bloc, with 161, remain larger political forces in the Paris assembly, but no group has a majority needed to govern.