FRANCE
Semi-Presidential Republic
Population: 65.3 million
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Head of State

François Hollande (President)
2012 – present
Socialist Party

Head of Government

Jean-Marc Ayrault (Prime Minister)
2012 – present
Socialist Party

Government of France

Socialist Party

Presidential Elections

Last: April 2012
Next: April 2017

Parliamentary Elections

Last: June 2012
Next: June 2017

Current National Assembly (577 total seats)
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Socialist Party
280 seats
Parti socialiste (PS)
www.parti-socialiste.fr

Union for a Popular Movement
194 seats
Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP)
www.lemouvementpopulaire.fr

Miscellaneous Left
22 seats
Divers gauche (DVG)
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Europe Ecology – The Greens
17 seats
Europe Écologie – Les Verts (EELV)
www.eelv.fr

Miscellaneous right
15 seats
Divers droite (DVD)
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Radical Party of the Left
12 seats
Parti radical de gauche (PRG)
www.planeteradicale.org

Left Front
10 seats
Front de gauche (FDG)
www.frontdegauche.eu

Radical Party
6 seats
Parti radical (PRV)
www.partiradical.net

Centrist Alliance
2 seats
Alliance centriste (AC)
www.alliancecentriste.fr

National Front
2 seats
Front national (FN)
www.frontnational.com

Regionalists and separatists
2 seats
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Centre for France
2 seats
Le Centre pour la France (MoDem)
www.mouvementdemocrate.com

Other
2 seats