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The French Political System

National Holiday

14 July, date of the capture of the royal prison, the Bastille, by revolutionaries in 1789. First celebrated in 1792.

The French Republic is a secular state. The principle of secularity (laïcité) is enshrined in the Constitution. It guarantees freedom of conscience and worship, equality of all before the law whatever their religion, and the freedom and neutrality of education.

 

Bicameral Parliamentary System

Senate (331 senators) and National Assembly (577 deputies).

The President of the Republic, elected for a five-year term, appoints the Prime Minister, who is the head of government. Nicolas Sarkozy, sixth President of the Fifth Republic, was elected on 6 May 2007.

The voting age for all elections, local, national and European, is 18.

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