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Jean-Claude Lefort
Jean-Claude Lefort (; 15 December 1944 – 19 June 2024) was a French politician. He was a French Communist Party deputy from Val-de-Marne from 1988 to 2007. Beyond his legislative function, however, he also engaged in many activities relating to France's foreign affairs, and also fought for social justice, evincing solidarity with both the Palestinian people and also the Romani people. Early life Born in Paris, Lefort spent his childhood and youth in Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, in modest circumstances. His father, a workman, had taken up arms alongside the Republican faction in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, while his mother was a childcare staffer at a school. Unlike his father, however, Lefort's struggles in the 1960s and 1970s were of the pacifist and internationalist kind. As a youngster, he was already calling himself " manouche" ("Gypsy" — he had Romani blood on his father's side). As a member of the national bureau of the Mouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as (), meaning "delegate" or "envoy" in English; etymologically, it is a cognate of the English word ''deputy'', which is the standard term for legislators in many parliamentary systems). There are 577 , each elected by a single-member constituency (at least one per department) through a two-round system; thus, 289 seats are required for a majority. The president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, presides over the body. The officeholder is usually a member of the largest party represented, assisted by vice presidents from across the represented political spectrum. The National Assembly's term is five years; however, the President of France may dissolve the Assembly, thereby calling for new elections, unless it has been dissolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
