French Parliament

The French Parliament (French: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale). Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at separate locations in Paris: the Senate meets in the Palais du Luxembourg and the National Assembly convenes at Palais Bourbon.

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French Parliament Parlement français
16th Legislature of the French Fifth Republic
Emblem of the French Republic
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate National Assembly
Leadership
President of the Senate	Gérard Larcher, LR since 1 October 2014
President of the National Assembly	Yaël Braun-Pivet, RE since 28 June 2022
Structure
Seats	925 348 (Senate) 577 (National Assembly)
15 12 65 15 23 54 13 148 3
Senate political groups	SR (148)[lower-alpha 1]   S (65)   UC (57)[lower-alpha 2]   RDPI (24)   CRCE (15)[lower-alpha 3]   RDSE (14)[lower-alpha 4]   LIRT (13)[lower-alpha 5]   E (12)   RASNAG (3)[lower-alpha 6]
22 74 31 22 51 170 29 20 61 88 5 4
National Assembly political groups	Government (250)   RE (170)[lower-alpha 7]   DEM (51)[lower-alpha 8]   HOR (29)[lower-alpha 9] Support (45)   LR (42)[lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11]   LIOT diss. (2)[lower-alpha 12]   NI (1)[lower-alpha 13] Opposition (278)   RN (88)[lower-alpha 14]   LFI (74)[lower-alpha 16]   SOC (31)[lower-alpha 17]   ECO (22)[lower-alpha 18][lower-alpha 19]   GDR (22)[lower-alpha 20]   LIOT (18)[lower-alpha 21]   LR diss. (19)[lower-alpha 22]   NI (4)[lower-alpha 23] Other   Vacant (4)
Elections
Senate voting system	Indirect election
National Assembly voting system	Two-round system
Last Senate election	27 September 2020
Last National Assembly election	12 and 19 June 2022
Next Senate election	By September 2023
Next National Assembly election	By June 2027
Meeting place
Aile du Midi, Château de Versailles (joint session)
Palais du Luxembourg, meeting place of the French Senate
Palais Bourbon, meeting place of the French National Assembly
Website
parlement.fr

Politics of France
Constitutions Fifth Republic Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Executive President (list) Emmanuel Macron (LREM) Prime Minister (list) Élisabeth Borne (LREM) Government Borne
Legislature National Assembly: Membership President: Yaël Braun-Pivet Senate President: Gérard Larcher Congress of the French Parliament
Judiciary Constitutional Council Council of State Court of Cassation Court of Audit Cour de Justice de la République
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Each house has its own regulations and rules of procedure. However, occasionally they may meet as a single house known as the Congress of the French Parliament (Congrès du Parlement français), convened at the Palace of Versailles, to revise and amend the Constitution of France.