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Administrative Meeting For Senators Not On The List Of Another Group
The administrative meeting of senators not appearing on the list of any group (french: réunion administrative des sénateurs ne figurant sur la liste d'aucun groupe, abbreviated RASNAG) is the term used since 1976 to refer to the grouping of members of the Senate of France who are not registered (''non inscrits'') as belonging to any political group. It is not itself a formal parliamentary group, although a group of non-registered members existed from 1968 to 1976, first under the name of the group of non-registered members (''groupe des non-inscrits'') from 3 October 1968, and later the group of the union of senators not registered with a political group (''groupe de l'Union des sénateurs non inscrits à un groupe politique'') from 30 June 1971 to 1976, both of which elected their own presidents. ''Non-inscrits'' have not always formed a group; in the records of the ''Journal officiel A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate (France)
The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' and ''sénatrices'') elected by part of the country's local councillors (in indirect elections), as well as by representatives of French citizens living abroad. Senators have six-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every three years. The Senate enjoys less prominence than the first, or lower house, the National Assembly, which is elected on direct universal ballot and upon the majority of which the Government has to rely: in case of disagreement, the Assembly can in many cases have the last word, although the Senate keeps a role in some key procedures, such as constitutional amendments and most importantly legislation about itself. Bicameralism was first introduced in France in 1795; as in many countries, it assigned the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 French Senate Election
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 French Senate Election
The 2014 French senate election was held on 28 September 2014 and featured results which saw the Senate (France), senate being reclaimed by the centre-right party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). The right-wing conservative victory reversed the results which came during the previous 2011 French Senate election, 2011 French senate election, which was the first time since the foundation of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic in 1958 that the upper house of the French government had been won by a majority of left-wing candidates. Following the victory of the UMP, Gérard Larcher was nominated and subsequently elected to the position of president of the senate, taking the place of Jean-Pierre Bel who had served in the position following the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party's senate victory in 2011. The Far-right National Rally (France), National Front party also claimed its first two seats in the senate election, which their leader Marine Le Pen described as "a histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 French Senate Election
A Senate election was held for 165 of the 348 seats in the Senate of France on 25 September 2011. Senate members were primarily elected by municipal officials, and the number of senators was increased from 343 to 348, due to the growth of France's population since the previous election was held in 2008. The Socialist Party and other left-of-center parties gained a majority of seats in the upper house for the first time in the Fifth Republic. Results , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 , Political Groups ! colspan=2 , 2004 ! colspan=2 , 2008 ! colspan=2 , 2011 , - , style="background-color:#0233D2" , , style="text-align:left;" , Union for a Popular Movement (''Union pour un mouvement populaire'') , UMP , 155 , 7 , 151 , 4 , 132 , 19 , - , style="background-color:#4AAAFF" , , style="text-align:left;" , Centrist Union (''Union centriste'') , UC , 33 , 20 , 29 , 4 , 31 , 2 , - style="background-col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 French Senate Election
Indirect Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate on 21 September 2008. With this election, the number of senators was increased from 331 to 343; Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin elected two senators each for the first time. Furthermore, this election was the last to be held under the old system: prior to this election, senators were elected in three classes for nine-year terms. Under the new system instituted in 2011, senators are elected for six-year terms in two classes. New seats Twelve new seats were filled in this election. They were divided in the following way: 1 new Senator each for the Ain, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Hérault, and Guyane ''départements'' and one in French Polynesia. The election marked the first time that French Polynesia had two seats in the Senate instead of just one. The President of French Polynesia Gaston Tong Sang and another member of his coalition, Béa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 French Senate Election
Following the end of the 9-year terms of 127 "series C" senators, indirect French Senate, senatorial elections were held in France on September 26, 2004. This was the last renewal of serie C senators- following the electoral reform, senators are not elected by thirds to nine-year terms but by halves to six-year terms. Since 2001, 10 seats had been added to Senate. This election elected Senators from 28 Departments of France, departments on the mainland (115 seats including 107 incumbents and 8 new seats), 2 from Guadeloupe and Martinique (5 seats including 4 incumbents and one new seat), 2 from overseas territories, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (3 seats including 2 incumbents and one new seat), and 4 senators representing French citizens abroad. The 117 incumbents were divided in the following way: * 65 from the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group * 23 from the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party group * 11 from the French Communist Party, Communiste, Répub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
