France
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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. ...

• Constitution
• Fifth Republic
• Structures
• President
  • Jacques Chirac
• Prime Minister
  • Dominique de Villepin
  • List
• National Assembly
• Senate
• Constitutional Council
• Court of Cassation
• Political parties
  • Gaullism
• Elections
  • Presidential: 2002 - 2007
  • National Assembly: 2002 - 2007
• EU Politics
• Foreign relations
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Political scandals

The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ... Symbol of the French government The government of France is a semi-presidential system based on the French Constitution of the fifth Republic, in which the nation declares itself to be an indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic. The constitution provides for a separation of powers and proclaims Frances... 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. ... (help· info) CQ, (born November 29, 1932 in Paris) is a French politician who is currently 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 November 14, 1953, in Rabat, Morocco), simply known as Dominique de Villepin listen â–¶(?), is a French diplomat and politician. ... This page is a list of French prime ministers. ... 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. ... The Senate (in French : le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France. ... 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 Cour de cassation 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 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. ... |- |} 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. ...