The First President of the Fifth Republic was Charles de Gaulle.
The Fifth Republic’s constitution consists of a preamble and 92 articles.
France operates under a multi-party system.
In France, the judiciary is an integral part of the executive branch.
France is divided into 95 departments for effective administration.
The first Republic was formed in 1789.
Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power in 1799.
The Restored Monarchy of Bourbon lasted till 1848.
The constitution of the Third Republic was passed in 1875.
The Fourth Republic was set up in 1946.
The commander-in-chief of the armed forces in France is the President.
Parliament in France holds two sessions every year.
The first session of the French parliament begins on the first Tuesday of October.
Proxy votes are sent to the secretary of the chamber by post.
The parliamentary committees in France are called commissions.
Ad hoc committees’ life is limited to four months.
The President of France presides over the higher national defense councils and committees.
During the exercise of emergency powers, the French National Assembly cannot be dissolved.
The President of the Republic has the right to grant pardon under Article 17.
Replacements of Members of Parliament in France take place in accordance with Article 25.
The French Parliament comprises the National Assembly and the Senate.
Deputies to the National Assembly in France are elected by direct suffrage.
President de Gaulle formed the Fifth Republic under a hyper-presidential form of government.
The French presidential system is a model for some third countries.
MRP stands for the Movement Republican Party.
Bourgeoisie refers to the middle class of towns in France.
The constitution of the Fourth Republic remained in force from 1946 to 1958.
The French constitution re-affirmed rights and freedom of people consecrated by the Declaration of 1789.
General de Gaulle formed the provisional government on August 25, 1944.
The first Constitutional Assembly of the Fourth Republic consisted of 586 members.
In the first Constitutional Assembly of the Fourth Republic, 159 members were Republicans.
The French empire was gradually liquefied into the French Union.
Elementary schools in France are under the control of the Roman Catholic Church.
French society has historically been fragmented.
French men generally disregard their civil responsibility.
France’s governmental structure alternates between parliamentarian and Bonapartist elements.
A general election in France takes place within 40 days of dissolution.
The first President of the Fourth Republic was elected for seven years.
The first President of the Fourth Republic could appoint three members of the constitutional council.
The French Parliament of the Fourth Republic is bicameral.
The Council of the Republic in the Fourth Republic acted as a council for thoughts.
The Council of Republic in the Fourth Republic consisted of 320 members.
The constitution of the Fifth Republic consists of a preamble and 92 articles.
The Fifth Republic’s constitution was adopted on October 4, 1958.
Under the Fifth Republic’s constitution, the President acts as a constitutional figurehead.
The French Parliament under the Fifth Republic is bicameral.
Deputies of the National Assembly in France are elected by electoral college consisting of provinces.
The President of the National Assembly in France is an active member of his party after his elections.
The two houses of the French Parliament are co-ordinate in powers.
Napoleon entrusted the task of lawmaking to a body of civil experts called the Council of State.
The corpus of French law was perfected under Napoleon’s rule.
The super-prefect position in France has been in place since 1948.
General councils in France are calm and hardworking bodies.
The mayor of a commune in France is elected by the commune itself.
Emergency powers of the French President are extremely sweeping.
The President has the power to appoint three members of the constitutional council.
The President can communicate with the French Parliament through means of messages.
The President of France can preside over the High Council of Judiciary.
The Third National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1981.
The Fourth National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1986.
The Fifth National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1993.
The Sixth National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1993.
In France, a commune is like a department and is a legal person.
The French Republic with the longest duration is the Third French Republic.
A French police officer is called a gendarme.
France is located in the continent of Europe.
Italy is one of the countries having common borders with France.
The coalition defeated by the French King at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 consisted of England, Flanders, and Germany.
The throne of France was virtually vacant at the time of the Battle of Agincourt (1415) due to the madness of the French King Charles VI.
Francis II, King of France, from 1559 to 1560, was married to Mary Stuart.
The King who commented that Paris was worth a Mass was Henry IV.
The infamous killing of Protestant Leaders on 24th August 1572 was known as the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre.
Vauban was the great military architect of Louis XIV.
Strasbourg, known as the “Pink City,” hosts the most developed aeronautics industries in Europe and is the seat of the European Parliament.
Toulouse, nicknamed the “Pink City,” hosts the most developed aeronautics industries in Europe.
The farms in New France were called seigneuries.
Samuel de Champlain is known as the “Father of New France.”
Under the constitution of the Fifth Republic, the President doesn’t have to act as an executive head, but rather as a constitutional figurehead.
The parliament of the Fifth Republic is bicameral, consisting of the National Assembly and the Senate.
Deputies of the National Assembly are elected directly in France.
The prorogation of parliament beyond 12 days can be authorized by the President in France.
The Constitutional Council in France restricts the sovereignty of the parliament.
The Constitutional Council in France consists of 9 members.
The French union has been changed into the “French community.”
Joan of Arc helped the French drive the English out of France in 1450.
Bastille Day commemorates the French Revolution.
Charles de Gaulle was the Free French leader during the Second World War.
There are two methods of constitutional amendment in France.
The senate of the French community is composed of members chosen by the legislative assemblies of other communities.
The president of France has the power of pardon and reprieve.
Seventh National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1997.
Eighth National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 2002.
Ninth National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 2007.
The total articles in the constitution of the French Fifth Republic are 92.
The constitution of 1958 made the president the most powerful authority.
The exercise of the power of pardon by the president requires countersign.
The premier is appointed by the president in France.
The ministers are appointed by the president in France.
The president of France possesses pomp and grandeur, which the premier never possesses.
The French parliament is a bicameral house.
National Assembly sits in the Bourbon Palace in France.
The term of the French National Assembly is 5 years.
Elections are held in single-member constituencies in France.
The Senate is the second chamber of the French Parliament.
One-third of the total number of senators retire every year in France.
The members of the Senate are elected by a group of electors called grand electors.
Candidates for parliamentary seats must have completed military service in France.
Christopher Columbus explored Martinique in the year 1503.
New France is known as Newfoundland today.
A “Dom bunker” is a shelter for a rail gun.
Samuel de Champlain founded the first colony at Quebec.
Jeanne Mance founded the first hospital, Hotel Dieu, in Ville Marie.
Winston Churchill said, “You may be sure that France will rise free, united and independent, to stand on guard with others over the generous tolerances and brightening opportunities of the human society we mean to rescue and rebuild.”
France won the World Cup in soccer in 1998 for the first time.
The Battle of Agincourt took place in 1415 in France.
Martinique, Corsica, and Guadeloupe are governed by France.
Prehistoric art can be found in caves in Lascaux.
The current Constitution of France was adopted on October 4, 1958.
The French currency is the Euro.
The motto of the French Republic is “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.”
The Senate is the upper chamber of the French Parliament.
The president of France can replace the president of the Republic as a successor until new elections.
The president of the Republic is elected by direct votes in France.
The president, if elected by absolute majority in the first ballot, can submit any bill to a referendum.
On the proposal of two assemblies, the president can submit any bill to a referendum in France.
The president signs ordinances and decrees of ministers in the council of ministers in France.
The Channel Tunnel links France to the United Kingdom.
France is the most popular international tourist destination in the world.
The highest point in Western Europe, situated in the French Alps, is Mont Blanc.
The First Consul of the First French Empire was Napoleon Bonaparte.
Among the seven industrialized countries in the world, France is the smallest producer of carbon dioxide.
The French Revolution is commemorated on Bastille Day.
The current constitution of France was adopted on January 4, 1958.
The French Constitution has been amended 18 times.
The 18th amendment to the French Constitution was adopted on February 19, 2007.
The first presidential elections in France were held in 1958.
The second presidential elections in France were held in 1965.
The third presidential elections in France were held in 1969.
In France, the country was divided into cantons, and in each canton, a Justice of the peace was appointed.
The group of cantons in France is called an arrondissement.
The revolution of 1958 abolished the office of Justice of the peace in France.
French local government system is another bedrock on which the French state is built.
The French people love to fight for lost causes.
Bonapartism aims at the establishment of an autocratic government within the framework of dictatorship.
The French Communist Party has lost its popularity.
Pressure groups in France are specific in their aims and objectives.
UNR-EDT was launched in 1962 in France.
Every party organization in France has remained a brittle affair.
The seats in the French legislature are arranged in a pyramid form.
French politics is a battle-field of ideologies.
The French people love to fight for lost causes.
The French local government system is another bedrock on which the French state is built.
The French Revolution has been commemorated on Bastille Day.
The French Communist Party has lost its popularity.
Pressure groups in France are specific in their aims and objectives.
UNR-EDT was launched in 1962 in France.
The French Socialist Party was first set up in 1905.
Local government in France is another bedrock on which the French state is built.
Departments in France are analogous to provinces in Pakistan.
The smallest unit of local government in France is a commune.
Fourth presidential elections in France were held in 1974.
The largest department in France is Gironde.
Every department in France has a prefect and a department council.
The highest municipal officer in France is a prefect.
Fifth presidential elections in France were held in 1981.
Seventh presidential elections in France were held in 1995.
Eighth presidential elections in France were held in 2002.
Ninth presidential elections in France were held in 2007.
Tenth presidential elections in France were held in 2012.
First National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1973.
Second National Assembly’s elections in France were held in 1978.
The constitution of the French Fifth Republic has 16 chapters.
The French people solemnly proclaim their attachment to the Rights of Man and the principles of national sovereignty as defined by the Declaration of 1789.
According to the constitution of France, the language of the Republic shall be French.
The motto of the Republic shall be “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.”
The Senate shall be elected by indirect suffrage in France.
Judges are appointed by the president in France.
The highest Court of Appeals in France is the Supreme Court.
The Constitutional Council in France consists of 9 members.
The French Constitution of 1852 was adopted on January 14, 1852.
France abolished the death penalty through the 18th amendment to the Constitution.
The current constitution of France is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.
The main instigator of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic was Charles de Gaulle.
The Fifth Republic’s constitution was drafted by Michel Debre.
The preamble of the constitution recalls the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen from 1789.
France is a secular and democratic Republic, deriving its sovereignty from the people.
The Constitution sets out methods for its own amendment either by referendum or through a parliamentary process with Presidential consent.
Charles de Gaulle bypassed the legislative procedure in 1962 and directly sent a constitutional amendment to a referendum.
The ancient regime relied on custom in the absence of a formal constitution.
A liberal monarchical constitution was adopted on October 6, 1789.
A liberal monarchical constitution was accepted by the king on July 14, 1790.
The Constitution of 1791 established a limited monarchy and the Legislative Assembly.
Constitution of June 24, 1793 was also known as the Montagnard Constitution.
The Charter of 1814 adopted on June 4, 1814 reestablished the monarchy.
The Charter of 1830 adopted on August 14, 1830 is also known as the July Monarchy.
The French Constitution of 1848 of the Second French Republic was adopted on November 04, 1848.
The French Constitutional Law of 1940 established Vichy France.
France is associated with administrative law.
The present constitution of France is also known as the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.
In France, constitutions were made and unmade 15 times in 170 years.
The first written constitution of France was framed in 1789.
The present constitution of France was adopted in 1958.
