France Politics is the process by which decisions are made within groups. ...
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of France Image File history File links France_coa. ... // French politics under the Fifth Republic After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of the French Fifth Republic adopted in 1958, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations until 1981. ...
However, French politics have some tendencies of being a two-party system, where power alternates between relatively stable coalitions, each being led by a major party: on the left, the French Socialist Party, on the right, the UMP and its predecessors.
For each level: presidential, legislative (National Assembly), senatorial, regional, "general" (for département governments) or municipal (for city governments, communes), the election is held on the same day throughout the country, though partial elections held only in a small number of consistuencies can be held in certain circumstances.
However, the elections for the president of the Republic and the parliament are overseen by the Constitutional Council, which has at its disposal, for the duration of the election, extra personnel (including judges from courts of first instance) to perform necessary checks.
French politics, for the past 30 years, have been characterised by the opposition of two political groups: one left-wing, centred around the French Socialist Party, and one right-wing, centred around the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR), then its successor the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP).
The French Republic is furthermore a member of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and of the Indian Ocean Commission (COI), and an associate member of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
French Brie, the area where the famous Brie cheese is produced, is the part of Brie that was annexed to the royal demesne, as opposed to Champagne Brie (Brie champenoise) which was annexed by Champagne.
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