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French legislative election took place on March 21 and 28, 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets relied on a relative parliamentary majority. Without the support of the Communists, Prime minister Michel Rocard tried to widen the Presidential Majority towards the center-right. He named four UDF politicians in his government. But they didn't success to convince their party and they left the cabinet in 1991 with Michel Rocard. 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 November 29, 1932) 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. ... // Second Round First Round General Summary On May 1, Labour Day, the yearly demonstrations for workers rights were compounded by protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen. ... 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 English counties. ... The European Union or EU is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 25 European states. ... 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. ... (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was a French politician. ... Michel Rocard, French politician Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament. ...

Furthemore, the Socialist Party was weakened by scandals (illicit financing, contaminated blood...) and a very intense rivalry which opposed François Mitterrand's heirs (Lionel Jospin, Laurent Fabius). In March 1992, the Socialists were sanctioned at the local elections. Prime minister Edith Cresson was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy. This one promised to struggle economic decreasing and corruption. But, he was suspected to have received a loan from a controversial businessman. He commited suicide on May 1, 1993. Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002. ... Laurent Fabius (born August 20, 1946) is a former prime minister of France. ... Édith Cresson Édith Cresson (born on 27 January 1934 as Édith Campion in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris) is a French politician. ... Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (December 23, 1925 - May 1, 1993) was a French Socialist politician of russian origin. ...

The Socialist Party obtained its worst electoral result since the 1960s. The RPR leader Jacques Chirac claimed President Mitterrand's resignation and refused to be Prime minister in a new "cohabitation". Finally, the former RPR minister of economy Edouard Balladur took the head of the government. He relied on the wider parliamenary majority since 1958. The second "cohabitation" finished with the 1995 presidential election. Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) is a French politician and the current President of the French Republic. ... Categories: Stub | 1929 births | Prime ministers of France | Alumni of Sciences Po ... Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ...

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