Key facts
- Type
- Bicameral
- Houses
- Senate National Assembly
- President of the senate
- Gérard Larcher , LR , since 1 October 2014
- President of the national assembly
- Yaël Braun-Pivet , RE , since 28 June 2022
- Seats
- 925 348 ( Senate ) 577 ( National Assembly )
- Senate political groups
- SR (133) S (64) UC (56) RDPI (22) CRCE (18) LIRT (18) E (17) RDSE (16) RASNAG (4)
- National assembly political groups
- Government ( Second Lecornu government ) (161) ER (91) LD (36) HOR (34) Supported by (118) SOC (69) DR (49) Opposition (296) RN (123) LFI (71) E&S (38) LIOT (22) GDR (17) UDR (16) NI (9) Vacant (2) Vacant (2)
- Senate voting system
- Indirect election
- National assembly voting system
- Two-round system
- Last senate election
- 24 September 2023
- Last national assembly election
Article
The French Parliament (French: Parlement français, [paʁləmɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is the bicameral parliament of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and National Assembly (Assemblée nationale). Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at separate locations in Paris: the Senate meets in the Palais du Luxembourg, the National Assembly convenes at the Palais Bourbon, both on the Rive Gauche.
Each house has its own regulations and rules of procedure. However, occasionally they may meet as a single house known as the Congress of the French Parliament (Congrès du Parlement français), convened at the Palace of Versailles, to revise and amend the Constitution of France.