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French Parliament

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Also known as Parliament of France

legislative branch of France

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
30 June and 7 July 2024
Next senate election
By September 2026
Next national assembly election
By June 2029

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Wikidata facts

Has part
Senate
Country
France
Official website
www.parlement.fr
Image
Hémicycle 2 Palais Bourbon scropped and smaller.jpg
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Category:French Parliament
Commons category
French Parliament
applies to jurisdiction
France
native label
Parlement français
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “French Parliament” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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