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Valérie Létard
Valérie Létard (born 13 October 1962 in Orchies, Nord) is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who served as Secretary of State for Solidarity in the government of François Fillon from 2007 to 2010. Political career Member of the Senate, 2008–present Since 10 April 2008, Létard has been the President of the Valenciennes Agglomeration Community, elected with 83 percent of the vote. Career in government Létard served in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon under President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, first as Secretary of State for Solidarity (2007-2009) and later for Climate (2009-2010). During her time in office, she launched the government’s campaign in 2009 to warn potential victims of forced marriages and female genital mutilation. Later career On 1 October 2011 Létard was a candidate for the Presidency of the Senate, against the outgoing president, Gérard Larcher (UMP) and Jean-Pierre Bel (PS). She received 2 ... [...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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008 and now makes up the media division of Thomson Reuters. History 19th century Paul Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions in 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aachen's Reuters House. Reuter moved to London in 1851 and established a news wire agency at the London Royal Exchange. Headquartered in London, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Voix Du Nord (daily)
''La Voix du Nord'' (; lit. ''The Voice of the North'' or ''The Voice of Nord'') is a regional daily newspaper from the north of France. Its headquarters are in Lille. History ''Voix du Nord'' was one of the underground newspapers of the French Resistance founded in German-occupied France during World War II. The paper first appeared in Lille in April 1941 at a time when the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais was being ruled by a German military government in Brussels. The newspaper's tag-line described itself as the "Resistance organ of French Flanders." The post-war version of the paper is part of the Belgian company, Rossel group, which also owns the major Belgian newspaper ''Le Soir'', which it bought from Socpresse in 2006. Origins in Occupied France is a clandestine newspaper that gave rise to a movement of political resistance. The resistance group was called ''Voix du Nord'' ("Voice of the North"—of France, or, "Voice of the '' Nord''"—a French department). Sixty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Philippe Government
The first Philippe government (French: ''Gouvernement Édouard Philippe I'') was the fortieth government of the French Fifth Republic. It was the first government formed by Édouard Philippe under President Emmanuel Macron, prior to the 2017 legislative election. Context of formation On 15 May 2017, Édouard Philippe was appointed as Prime Minister by President Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ .... Composition Initial ;Deputy Ministers ;Secretaries of State Gallery Prime Minister Ministers of State Ministers Deputy Ministers Secretaries of State References External links Official announcement {{Governments of the French Fifth Republic French governments Cabinets established in 2017 Emmanuel Macron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Philippe
Édouard Charles Philippe (; born 28 November 1970) is a French politician serving as Mayor (France), Mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron. A lawyer by occupation, Philippe is a former member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which later became The Republicans (France), The Republicans (LR). He served as a member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly from 2012 to 2017, representing the Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency, seventh constituency of Seine-Maritime. After being 2017 French presidential election, elected to the presidency on 7 May 2017, Macron appointed him Prime Minister of France. Philippe subsequently named his First Philippe government, government on 17 May. He was succeeded by Jean Castex before his reelection to the mayorship in Le Havre. Early life and education Édouard Philippe, the son of French te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister In Charge Of Housing (France)
The Minister in charge of Housing () is a cabinet member in the Government of France. Since 6 July 2020, the position has been occupied by Emmanuelle Wargon, Minister Delegate attached to the Minister of the Ecological Transition. History In 1925 the position was created and called High Commissioner for Housing, after the war it became the Minister for Housing and Rebuilding. In 1967 it became attached to the Minister of Public Works in the government of George Pompidou then attached to the Minister of Territorial Development. Since 2007 the position is attached to the Minister of Ecology. Previous titles have been: (Minister of Housing and Territorial Equality), (Minister of Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing). List of Housing Ministers since 2009 Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy *18 May 2007 – 15 January 2009: Christine Boutin (Ministre du Logement et de la Ville) *15 January 2009 – 23 June 2009: Christine Boutin (Ministre du Logement) *23 June 2009 – 13 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 French Legislative Election
Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by Emmanuel Macron. The centrist party he founded in 2016, La République En Marche! (LREM), led an alliance with the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem); together, the two parties won 350 of the 577 seats—a substantial majority—in the National Assembly, including an outright majority of 308 seats for LREM. The Socialist Party (PS) was reduced to 30 seats and the Republicans (LR) reduced to 112 seats, and both parties' allies also suffered from a marked drop in support; these were the lowest-ever scores for the centre-left and centre-right in the legislative elections. The movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, la France Insoumise (FI), secured 17 seats, enough for a group in the National Assembly. Among other major parties, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fillon Affair
The Fillon affair (also the Penelope Fillon affair or Penelopegate) is a political-financial scandal involving allegations that members of the immediate family of French politician François Fillon were given paid jobs that involved no or very little actual work. The case surfaced during the campaign for the 2017 French presidential election which Fillon, the candidate of the Republicans after winning the primary of the right and centre, was at the time strongly favored to win. The affair began when the satirical weekly ''Le Canard enchaîné'' alleged in its 25 January 2017 edition that Penelope Fillon, wife of François Fillon, received €500,000 between 1998 and 2007 and in 2012 for a no-show job as a parliamentary assistant to first her husband and then his substitute Marc Joulaud. It also claimed that she was paid €100,000 as a literary adviser to the ''Revue des deux Mondes''. The absence of evidence of work by Penelope Fillon and her distance from political life led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 French Presidential Election
The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a Two-round system, runoff was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche!, En Marche! (EM) and Marine Le Pen of the National Rally (France), National Front (FN), which Macron won with a difference of more than 30% of the vote. The Presidential elections in France, presidential election was followed by a 2017 French legislative election, legislative election to elect members of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly on 11 and 18 June. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings, making him the first incumbent head of state of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic not to seek reelection. François Fillon of The Republican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans (France), The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced 1995 strikes in France, major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap 1997 French legislative election, 1997 legislative elections. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was president of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and List of mayors of Bordeaux, mayor of Bordeaux from 1995 to 2004. After the Corruption scandals in the Paris region#Fictional jobs in government offices, ghost jobs affair in December 2004, Juppé suspended his political career until he was re-elected as mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006. He serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 The Republicans (France) Presidential Primary
The Republicans held a presidential primary election, officially called the open primary of the right and centre (french: primaire ouverte de la droite et du centre), to select a candidate for the 2017 presidential election. It took place on 20 November 2016, with a runoff on 27 November since no candidate obtained at least 50% of the vote in the first round. It was the first time an open primary had been held for The Republicans or its predecessor parties. In the first round of The Republicans primary on 20 November, François Fillon won an upset victory with 44% of the vote, while Alain Juppé—long held by most opinion polls as the favourite to win the nomination—came in a distant second with 29%. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was projected to come in second behind Juppé, was eliminated with just under 21% of the vote. In the runoff round, Fillon won by an even larger margin with nearly twice as many votes as Juppé (66.5% to 33.5%). Of the six departments and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Republicans (France)
The Republicans (french: Les Républicains, ; LR) is a liberal-conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. It holds pro-European views. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 from the renaming and refoundation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then President of France Jacques Chirac. LR, as previously the UMP, used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic along with the centre-left Socialist Party. It is the largest party in the Senate since 2014. Its candidate in the 2017 presidential election, former Prime Minister François Fillon, placed third in the first round, with 20% of the vote. Following the 2017 legislative election, LR became the second-largest party in the National Assembly, behind President Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! party. After disappointing results in the 2019 European Parliament election, party le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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