The politics of

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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

takes place in a framework of a presidential

representative democracy Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represen ...

, whereby the President of Regional Council is the

head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

, and of a pluriform

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Legislative power A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

is vested in the regional council.

Executive

The executive of the region is led by the

President of the regional council The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly. List Since 2011, the Departmental Council of Mayotte has simultaneously exercised the competencies of a regional council. Since 2015, t ...

List of presidents

Legislative branch

The

Regional Council of Île-de-France The Regional Council of Île-de-France () is the Regional council (France), regional council of Île-de-France, France's most populous Regions of France, administrative region. Made up of 209 regional councillors elected for 6 years, it is headqu ...

(''Conseil régional d'Île-de-France'') is composed of 209 councillors, elected by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

in a

two-round system The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resul ...

. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through

with a 5% threshold. The Council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

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Miscellaneous right Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against their party's candida ...

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Democratic Movement A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution or organization or a country, in which all members have an equal share of power. Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities that differentiate ...

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Radical Movement The Radical Movement (french: Mouvement radical, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (french: link=no, Mouvement radical, social et libéral), was a social-liberal political party in France. The party aimed at being an "alter ...

, style="background-color: " , , MR , 2 , - , ''Agir'' , style="background-color: " , , Agir , 2 , - ,

The Centrists The Centrists (french: Les Centristes, LC), formerly known as New Centre (''Nouveau Centre'', NC) and European Social Liberal Party (''Parti Social Libéral Européen'', PSLE), is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of t ...

, style="background-color: " , , LC , 1 , - ,

Union of Democrats and Ecologists The Ecologist Party ( French: ''Parti écologiste'', PÉ), founded as Écologistes !, is a centre-left French political party that holds pro-European views, created in September 2015 by François de Rugy, President of the Europe Ecology – The ...

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Independent Ecological Movement The Independent Ecological Movement (french: Mouvement écologiste indépendant) is a political party in France founded by Antoine Waechter, former presidential candidate of The Greens in 1994. The MEI hoped to replace the Greens as the major gre ...

, style="background-color: " , , MEI , 1 , - , '' La France Vraiment'' , style="background-color: " , , LFV , 1 , - ,

Union of Democrats and Independents The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a Centrism, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right list of political parties in France, political party in France and former Electoral alliance ...

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Europe Ecology - The Greens Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entire ...

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Ecology Generation Ecology Generation (french: Génération écologie) is one of the four green parties in France, along with Europe Ecology – The Greens (), the Independent Ecological Movement (), and Cap Écologie. Founded in 1990 by Brice Lalonde, Environment ...

, style="background-color: " , , GÉ , 1 , - ,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

, style="background-color: " , , PS , 15 , rowspan="4" , ''Île-de-France in common'' ''(18 seats)'' , - ,

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socia ...

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Miscellaneous left Miscellaneous left (', ''DVG'') in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of any party or a member of party that has no elected seats. They include either small left-wing parties or dissidents expelled from their parties for run ...

, style="background-color: " , , DVG , 1 , - , '' Les Écolos Solidaires'' , style="background-color: " , , LÉS , 1 , - , '' La France Insoumise'' , style="background-color: " , , LFI , 9 , rowspan="3" , ''LFI and related (17 seats)'' , - ,

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Unit ...

, style="background-color: " , , PCF , 7 , - ,

Animalist Party The Animalist Party (french: Parti animaliste) is a French political party focused on animal rights and against cruelty to animals. History For the 2022 French legislative election, the party presented 421 candidates in the first round of thi ...

, style="background-color: " , , PA , 1 , - ,

National Rally The National Rally (french: Rassemblement National, ; RN), until 2018 known as the National Front (french: link=no, Front National, ; FN), is a Far-right politics, far-rightAbridged list of reliable sources that refer to National Rally as fa ...

, style="background-color: " , , RN , 15 , rowspan="2" , ''RN Ile-de-France (16 seats)'' , - , '' L'Avenir Français'' , style="background-color: " , , LAF , 1 , - , '' La République En Marche!'' , style="background-color: " , , LREM , 9 , rowspan="4" , ''Presidential majority (15 seats)'' , - ,

Democratic movement A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution or organization or a country, in which all members have an equal share of power. Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities that differentiate ...

, style="background-color: " , , MoDem , 4 , - ,

Territories of Progress Territories of Progress – Social Reformist Movement (french: Territoires de progrès – Mouvement social-réformiste, TDP) was a French political party of the centre to centre-left. It was founded in February 2020 by Socialist Party ministers ...

, style="background-color: " , , TdP , 1 , - , '' Agir'' , style="background-color: {{party color, Agir (France)" , , Agir , 1

References

External links

Île-de-France region
* Île-de-France