16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

2022–2024 sitting of the French Parliament 16th legislature of the Fifth French Republic XVIe législature de la Cinquième République française Armoiries république française.svg 100px 2022 06 28 y yes 2024 06 09 15th legislature 17th legislature President of theNational Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet RE 28 June 2022 President of theSenate Gérard Larcher LR 1 October 2014 Government Borne, Attal Ensemble 577 deputies XVIe législature.svg 250px Government (250) Renaissance group RE (170)Renaissance (French political party) Renaissance (150) Radical Party (France) PRV (4) green EC (4) Horizons (political party) Horizons (2) Ecologist Party PÉ (1) #4A0051 FP (1) #01859E GNC (1) #5DBEE8 CE (1) Miscellaneous centre DVC (5) Miscellaneous Right DVD (3) Democratic Movement (France) DEM (51)Democratic Movement (France) MoDem (45) Renaissance (French political party) Renaissance (3) Radical Party of the Left PRG (1) Horizons (political party) HOR (30)Horizons (political party) Horizons (27) Miscellaneous Right LFA (1) Bonapartist CCB (1) Renaissance (French political party) Renaissance (1) Support (45) The Republicans (France) LR (42)The Republicans (France) LR (38) The Republicans (France) LR-SL (2) Union of Democrats and Independents UDI (1) Miscellaneous Right DVD (1)LR has repeatedly voted down motions of no confidence which would have brought down the Government had they passed, including motions which would have prevented the Government's budget from being enacted, and as such can be classified as granting the incumbent executive confidence and supply Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories LIOT diss. (2)Union of Democrats and Independents UDI (2) Independent NI (1)Independent EXD (1) Opposition (278) National Rally RN (88)National Rally RN (87) League of the South (France) LS (1) Nouvelle Union Populaire écologiste et sociale LFI (74)La France Insoumise LFI (69)Left Party (France) PG (21) #DA2617 RÉ974 (1) Picardie debout PD (1) #00A65A Péyi-A (1) #67B31B REV (1) Ensemble! Ensemble! (5) Independent Workers' Party POI (1) Socialist Party (France) SOC (31)Socialist Party (France) PS (27) Socialist Party (France) FGPS (1) Progressive Democratic Party (Guadeloupe) PPDG (1) #E9383F PPM (1) Miscellaneous Left DVG (1) Europe Ecology – The Greens ECO (22)Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV (16) Génération.s G·s (4) Ecology Generation GE (2)They contest latest election as Ecologist Pole French Communist Party GDR (22)French Communist Party PCF (12) Tavini Huiraatira TH (3) #AC1A6B PLR (2) Miscellaneous Left DVG (2) #FF8C00 MDES (1) red Progrès Le Progrès (parti politique) fr (1) #00A65A Péyi-A (1) Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories LIOT (18)Socialist Party (France) PS dissents (4) Union of Democrats and Independents UDI (3) #E7511E Femu (2) Miscellaneous Left DVG (2) Miscellaneous Right DVD (2) Radical Party (France) PRV dissents (1) #FF8000 AD (1) The Centrists LC (1) #FF8C00 PNC (1) Regionalist REG (1) The Republicans (France) LR diss. (19)19 LR deputies have voted for censure motions, making them effectively dissidents that are part of the opposition. Independent NI (4)Debout la France DLF (1) La France Insoumise LFI (1) Miscellaneous Left DVG (1) Miscellaneous Right DVD (1) Other Vacant Vacant (4) Two-round system 12 and 19 June 2022 The 16th legislature of the Fifth French Republic (fr XVIe législature de la Cinquième République française) was elected in the 2022 French legislative election. It was preceded by the 15th legislature. On 9 June 2024, following a defeat in the 2024 European Parliament Elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly, as per article 12 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic,"The President of the Republic may, after consulting the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the Houses of Parliament, declare the National Assembly dissolved. A general election shall take place no fewer than twenty days and no more than forty days after the dissolution. The National Assembly shall sit as of right on the second Thursday following its election. Should this sitting fall outside the period prescribed for the ordinary session, a session shall be convened by right for a fifteen-day period. No further dissolution shall take place within a year following said election."August 2024 and called for snap elections on 30 June (1st round) and 7 July (2nd round).Emmanuel Macron gambles on snap France election after European defeat https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8009e2z4xlo 2024-06-10 www.bbc.com en-GB Composition of the executive Borne government Attal government President of France: Emmanuel Macron (LREM), since 14 May 2017 Membership List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France For the first time since the 1988 legislative election, the incumbent President of France failed to earn a parliamentary majority in the National Assembly. The 2022 legislative election was widely seen as a severe blow for Emmanuel Macron.Hummel Tassilo Kar-gupta Sudip 19 June 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-faces-tough-battle-control-parliament-france-votes-2022-06-19/ Macron loses absolute majority in parliament in 'democratic shock' Reuters 19 June 2022 19 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220619032713/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-faces-tough-battle-control-parliament-france-votes-2022-06-19/ liveBreeden Aurelien Méheut Constant 19 June 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-france-parliamentary-election.html Macron Loses Absolute Majority as Opposition Surges, a Blow for New Term The New York Times 20 June 2022 19 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220619234125/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-france-parliamentary-election.html live Both the outgoing President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand and leader of the La République En Marche! party in the National Assembly Christophe Castaner lost their seats.Brunet, Margot (19 June 2022). "Battu aux législatives, Richard Ferrand quitte la présidence de l’Assemblée nationale". Marianne (in French).Brunet, Margot (19 June 2022). "Législatives : Christophe Castaner battu, douche froide pour LREM". Marianne (in French). The position of Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister was put into question following the election result."Législatives 2022 : Elisabeth Borne, "fragilisée" par les résultats, peut-elle rester à Matignon ?", francetvinfo.fr (in French), 20 June 2022. On 21 June 2022, she offered her resignation to President Macron, who refused to accept it."Législatives 2022 : Elisabeth Borne a remis sa démission à Emmanuel Macron, qui l'a refusée", francetvinfo (in French), 21 June 2022. On 28 June 2022, Yaël Braun-Pivet was elected to succeed Ferrand as President of the National Assembly."Yaël Braun-Pivet élue Présidente de l'Assemblée nationale", National Assembly of France (in French), 28 June 2022. Changes List of by-elections to the 16th National Assembly of France See also Election results of Cabinet Ministers during the 2022 French legislative election List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2022 French legislative election Results of the 2022 French legislative election by constituency Notes References Category:2022 French legislative election Category:National Assembly (France) Category:2020s in French politics