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France: The government, simply put.

By Dan Hull

Taken verbatim from The Economist profile as of April 17--and in case you didn't know all this (we didn't...):

Official name: French Republic

Legal system: Codified Roman law system; constitution of 1958

National legislature: Bicameral - Senate of 331 members indirectly elected by local councils for a period of nine years, with one-third retiring every three years; National Assembly of 577 members directly elected from individual constituencies by a two-ballot system for a period of five years; may be dissolved by the president.

Main political parties

Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP); Parti socialiste (PS); Mouvement democrate (MD); Parti communiste francais (PCF); Parti radical de gauche (PRG); Verts; Front national (FN)National government

Full post as published by What About Clients? on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).