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Referenda may also be called to consult the French citizenry directly on a particular question, especially one which concerns amendment to the Constitution. France elects on its national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term (previously, seven years), directly by the citizens.
There were two presidential elections in France during the republican government known as the Fourth Republic (1946–1958). They were held in 1947 and 1953. The president was elected by the Congress of the French Parliament, a joint meeting of both houses of the French Parliament [11] (the National Assembly and the Council of the Republic).
Turnout was 72%, the lowest in a presidential election run-off since 1969. [5] Le Pen conceded defeat after exit projections became available. The presidential election was followed by the 2022 French legislative election, held on 12–19 June, to elect the 577 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament.
How does the election work? France’s National Assembly has 577 seats, one for each of its electoral districts. For an absolute majority a party needs 289. In the outgoing government, Macron’s ...
On Sunday night, joy: French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of power. On Monday morning, uncertainty: A hung parliament, shaky alliances and the threat of turbulent years ahead.
Since French President Emmanuel Macron’s explosive gamble to dissolve parliament before the summer, rumors have swirled over how the newly divided National Assembly would be represented in the ...
Die Zeit believed that Macron "lost his cool" to such an extent that he actually "gave the country to Marine Le Pen." The Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini called Macron's decision an unwise gamble that would lead to nothing good. [24] French media raised the issue of holding the 2024 Summer Olympics in conditions of political instability. [25]
Legislative elections in France (French: élections législatives en France), or general elections (French: élections générales) per the Constitution's wording, determine who becomes Members of Parliament, each with the right to sit in the National Assembly, which is the lower house of the French Parliament. [1]