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French legislative election took place on March 12 and 19, 1978 to elect the 6th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ... It has been suggested that Human rights in France be merged into this article or section. ... The President of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française) colloquially referred to as President of France, is Frances elected Head of State and also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the Légion dhonneur. ... Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932 in Paris) is a French politician and the current President of the French Republic. ... The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ... Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (born 14 November 1953 in Rabat, Morocco) simply known as Dominique de Villepin ( — , is a French diplomat and politician. ... This page is a list of French prime ministers. ... The Senate amphitheater in the Luxembourg Palace The Senate (in French :le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France. ... The Palais Bourbon, front The French National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. ... A republican guard giving directions to visitors at the front entrance of the Constitutional Council The Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. ... The Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation in French) is the main court of last resort in France. ... Political parties in France lists political parties in France. ... Charles de Gaulle, in his generals uniform Gaullism (from French Gaullisme) is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. ... France is a representative democracy. ... The 2002 French presidential election consisted of a first round election on 21 April 2002, and a runoff election between the top two candidates (Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen) on 5 May 2002. ... The 2007 French presidential election will herald the first contest since Frances rejection of the European constitution in May 2005. ... These are the results of the French legislative election of 2002 Category: ... The French legislative election will take place in June 2007, a few weeks after the French presidential election. ... France is named The Country of the Human Rights. In the Constitution and in the laws, the Human Rights are respected. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... A charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the Security Council and is a member of most of its specialized and related agencies. ... In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs. ... This is a list of major political scandals in France: 1816 shipwreck of and search for French frigate Medusa off the west coast of Africa Dreyfus Affair, 1894 treason conviction of Alfred Dreyfus - exposed by writer Emile Zola on January 13, 1898 The Ben Barka affair, 1965 disappearance of the... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ... The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ...

On April 2, 1974 President Georges Pompidou died. The no-Gaullist center-right leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is elected to succeed him. Because the UDR is the main party of the majority, he chosen Jacques Chirac to lead the cabinet. This one represented a renovation of gaullism. Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911 – April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... This article needs to be updated. ... Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932 in Paris) is a French politician and the current President of the French Republic. ...

The presidential will to "govern towards center" and to promote a "modern liberal society" disconcerted the Gaullist party. The Abortion Act and the majority at 18 years worried a part of the conservative electorate. Furthemore, a personal conflict opposed the two heads of the executive. On August 1976, Chirac resigned.

Three months later, the UDR is replaced by the Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République or RPR). This Chirac's electoral machine was officially member of the Presidential Majority, but criticized frequently the policy of President Giscard d'Estaing and his new Prime minister Raymond Barre. The executive duo reacted by the federation of the no-Gaullist center-right in the Union for French Democracy (Union pour la démocartie française or UDF). The Rally for the Republic, also known by its French acronym RPR (Rassemblement pour la République), was a French political party. ... Raymond Barre was born on April 12, 1924 in Saint Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. ... The Union for French Democracy, also known by its French acronym UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française), is a French centrist political party. ...

While the right-wing majority is divided, and the economic situation deteriorated, the "Union of Left" won the mid-term elections. However, Socialists and Communists did not succeeded to update the Common programme.

Contrary to what polls indicated, the Presidential Majority won but it obtained only only 2 284 votes in advance on the "Union of Left". For the first time since 1936, the Socialists obtained more votes than the Communists. Raymond Barre is confirmed as Prime minister.

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