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	Government of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A popular referendum approved the constitution of the French Fifth Republic in 1958, greatly strengthening the authority of the presidency and the executive with respect to Parliament.
		French law differentiates between statutes (loi), generally adopted by the legislative branch, and regulations (règlement, instituted by décrets), issued by the prime minister.
		All inhabited French territory is represented in both houses of Parliament and votes for the presidential election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Parliament (5538 words)

	LLRX.com - Researching French Law
		The French Republic (la République Française) is ruled by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (October 4th, 1958).
		Parliament shall comprise the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) and the Senate (Sénat).
		French legislation is officially published (paper) in the Journal officiel (official gazette) and in several official bulletins.
	www.llrx.com /features/french.htm (1724 words)

	The French Community and the Walloon Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Parliament of the Walloon Region is a "legislative parliament" which means that it cannot be dissolved before the end of the period that it has been elected for.
		The Parliament of the Walloon Region issues decrees that are applicable to the French-speaking language Region (not Brussels) and the German-speaking language Region.
		The Parliament may, in the same way as the Parliament of the Walloon Region, force the government to resign by passing a "motion of constructive disapproval".
	www.hrwf.net /html/b_n_minorities_FrenchCommunity-WalloonRegion.html (747 words)

	French National Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For information about the body formed in the French Revolution, see National Assembly (French Revolution).
		The French National Assembly (French: "Assemblée nationale") is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic.
		Following from a tradition started by the first French National Assembly during the French revolution, the "left-wing" parties sit to the left as seen from the president's seat, and the "right-wing" parties sit to the right, and the seating thus directly indicates the political spectrum as represented in the Assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_National_Assembly (255 words)

	ABC News: French Parliament Tackles EU Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Meeting at the Versailles Palace outside Paris, both houses must back changes to the French constitution required for the EU treaty vote, a week after Spanish voters overwhelmingly endorsed the charter for the 25-nation bloc.
		French President Jacques Chirac was expected to secure the three-fifths majority required.
		Polls indicate the French would vote in favor, but many in France are undecided or unlikely to vote, and polls suggest that the 'no' camp is gaining momentum.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=537311 (245 words)

	UNESCO/ World Parliament of Children/ General Presentation
		The purpose of this joint initiative by the Speaker of the French National Assembly, Mr Laurent Fabius, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Federico Mayor, is to herald the coming of the year 2000 with a symbolic act, and in so doing to offer a message of fellowship and hope to the whole world.
		The idea is based on the "Children’s Parliament", held each year at the National Assembly, for which 577 junior deputies are chosen from schools in each of the 577 French parliamentary constituencies.
		In preparation for this major event of 1999, the French National Assembly and UNESCO have opened on their Internet sites a special section that will be regularly supplied with general and practical information about the Children’s Parliament, the progress of the work and the organizational arrangements.
	www.unesco.org /opi2/pme/engpresentation.htm (689 words)

	Muslimedia.com
		The Greek move and Kocharyan’s French visit followed the promulgation by Chirac of a law recently passed by the French parliament to acknowledge the ‘Armenian genocide’ of 1915, in which some 1.5 million Christian Armenians were allegedly exterminated.
		In 1994 the Greek parliament chose May 19 to mark the flight of Greeks from the shores of the Black Sea between 1916 and 1924.
		The parliament’s decision is needed before EU ministers approve a legal and financial framework for Turkey to prepare for membership.
	www.muslimedia.com /ARCHIVES/world01/tur-greec.htm (1026 words)

	TAHITI: French left creates "vigilance committee" for Tahiti by-elections on Feb : Melbourne Indymedia
		The French National Assembly and Senate members representing a cross section of leftist political parties alleged potential risks of “cheating” as “the system of (French Polynesia President Gaston) Flosse is at stake”.
		Paul, a former French overseas minister, was joined by other members of the socialist and green parties in the French Parliament.
		In a “solemn declaration” sent to French President Jacques Chirac and the French government, the “vigilance committee” requested “strict control of the voting lists and voting operations, equal access to audiovisual means, the freezing of government hirings” and “legal control of the use of public means”.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /print.php?id=85044 (1226 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| French parliament backs pension reforms
		The parliament in France has passed a controversial plan to reform the pension system that provoked a wave of recent strikes and demonstrations.
		French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin says France cannot afford to continue with the present system and that the issue should be tackled now - not left to the next generation.
		The last French Government which attempted pension reforms on this scale, in 1995, was crippled by street protests, and lost an election two years later.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/3092045.stm (371 words)

	Proposal in French Parliament Would Protect Unborn Children
		Paris, France (LifeNews.com) -- The lower house of the French parliament approved a measure that was tacked onto a larger crime bill that would put in place prison terms and fines for criminals who kill an unborn child as a result of killing or injuring a pregnant mother during an assault or in car accidents.
		The amendment was passed in part as a response to a 1995 case where a French woman lost her unborn child after she was hit by a car.
		The speeding driver was acquitted because French law did not allow police to prosecute him for the baby's death.
	www.lifenews.com /intl34.html (321 words)

	AllRefer.com - French Equatorial Africa, Africa History (African History) - Encyclopedia
		The federation was formed in large part through the efforts of Savorgnan de Brazza, who forged the link between French possessions in the Congo basin and those in W Africa.
		French Equatorial Africa (originally called French Congo) was officially established in 1910.
		In the Fourth French Republic, French Equatorial Africa was given representation in the French parliament and in the assembly of the French Union.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FrenchEq.html (334 words)

	French Parliament Approves Limited Autonomy for Corsicans- Global Policy Forum - Nations and States
		France's Parliament voted today to give Corsica its first taste of autonomy, passing a government bill intended to end 25 years of separatist violence on the Mediterranean island.
		The current plan is the most ambitious in a series of French government efforts to stem the violence that has been a part of Corsican life since the mid-1970's.
		Drawing on a long tradition of lawlessness and resentment of outside interference, a number of competing underground groups — many said to be allied to corrupt political and business interests — have used a campaign of shootings and bombings to destabilize central authority.
	www.globalpolicy.org /nations/corsica.htm (620 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| France rejects 'right not to be born'
		The French parliament has voted to overturn a controversial legal ruling that established the "right not to be born".
		The bill, passed with the support of the government, follows three cases in which judges ruled that families whose children were born with birth defects could sue because doctors did not spot the problems during pre-natal scans.
		The government hopes to have the legislation in the statute books by the end of February, thus bringing an end to a year-long moral and legal controversy before parliament is suspended prior to June elections.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1752000/1752556.stm (495 words)

	French Parliament Targets IMF / World Bank
		In 1999, together with 40 French associations and NGOs, Agir ici launched a campaign demanding that this report be made public and that the Parliament give instructions on what the French positions should be.
		It means that Parliaments cannot ignore the growing concerns and hostility of ordinary citizens towards undemocratic, non-transparent institutions.
		It is the role of the French government to define and implement the countrys policies.
	www.50years.org /cms/ejn/story/135 (1001 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PARIS, January 23 (IslamOnline.net) – Two weeks before the French Parliament officially begins debate on a ban on hijab and other religious apparels in schools, opposition to the move is rising in an unexpected twist in the divided legislature, according press reports Thursday, January 22.
		The division in the parliament is expected to continue unabated, especially after Muslims insist that their hijab is a religious obligation not a symbol that could be easily abandoned.
		French Muslims’ Union, who launched the campaign, warned the ban would diminish chances for integration of Muslims, which constitute the second largest French religious faction in number, with roughly four to five million adherents, or about 7 percent to 8 percent of the French population.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-01/23/article02.shtml (834 words)

	French Parliament Deputy to Face Criticism for Failed Mission
		French parliamentary deputy Didier Julia will reportedly arrive in Paris on Sunday to criticism for failing to accomplish his unofficial mission to free the two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
		French television LCI reported on Sunday morning that Julia was expected to come back to Paris in the day, but he did not take the plane he booked and nobody can tell where he is.
		French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier told journalists on Saturday in Rome that all the progress made by the French government was interrupted on Sept. 28 by the parallel steps taken by Julia's group.
	www.10thnpc.org.cn /english/international/108642.htm (336 words)

	DISSOLUTION OF TAHITI’S PARLIAMENT IMPOSSIBLE: FRENCH OFFICIAL - December 9, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, she added that the only possible way would be for the French parliament to adopt new legislation changing Tahiti’s voting system, Agence France-Presse reported.
		Girardin held former French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru as the "only" person responsible for the "suspension" of round table talks in Paris that she had organized late last month with all of Tahiti’s top political personalities.
		Girardin said she is prepared to resume the talks, but not until the French Polynesia presidency and other government facilities in Tahiti are vacated by demonstrators calling for dissolution of Tahiti’s parliament and new general elections.
	pidp.eastwestcenter.org /pireport/2004/December/12-09-09.htm (313 words)

	Protest French Ban on Hijab (Islamic head dress)
		The French census does not sort residents by ethnicity or religion, but the estimated number of French Muslims is as high as seven million, or 11 percent of the population.
		French politicians disguise their islamophobia by claiming the states secular ideals must be defended and cannot survive any religious sentiments.
		In September 2003 a french speaking school in Laken, near Brussels, in which the majority of the pupils are Muslim, banned its girls from wearing the hijab.
	www.inminds.co.uk /french-hijab-ban.html (6534 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Two French citizens of Algerian origin, of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and the Socialist Party, won two seats in the latest elections of the European Parliament in June 2004.
		The elections of the French senate had resulted in the losing of French President Jacques Chirac's ruling UMP of eight seats for the leftist parties (Socialist, Communist and Greens parties).
		The European parliament elections have left almost all the ruling parties reeling as voters dealt them stunning defeats and stayed away from the polls in record numbers.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-09/29/article01.shtml (454 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - French parliament approves hijab ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It will now be sent to the parliament's upper house, the Senate, where Chirac's UMP party has a large majority and is expected to become law well in time for the start of the next school year in September.
		The measure has the support of about 70% of the French population and is strongly backed by teachers.
		A small minority of French deputies have expressed their doubts about the law, calling it unnecessary, unworkable and liable to inflame sentiment among a section of the population that already feels victimised.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/6C6049B0-28A1-4093-9FDA-83DEF32D9793.htm (744 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Egypt students protest French ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hundreds of Egyptian women staged a sit-in at Cairo University to protest the French parliament's approval of a law banning the Muslim headscarf in state schools.
		France's lower house of parliament adopted a bill on Tuesday that would ban Islamic headscarves and other religious symbols in schools despite opposition from its large Muslim population and criticism from abroad.
		It will now be sent to the parliament's upper house - the Senate - where Chirac's UMP party has a large majority, and is expected to become law well in time for the start of the next school year in September.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/568D4FE1-ABAA-4DEC-85EF-483331EEB32B.htm (265 words)

	Dialogue with the People of the Book
		The French Revolution was built on this idea of Enlightenment that held sway in France; it was one of the modern world's most barbarous, merciless and savage revolutions.
		The anti-religious sentiments of the French Revolution spread throughout Europe and, as a result, the nineteenth century became one of the boldest and most aggressive periods of anti-religious propaganda.
		Thus French Freemasonry, as the standard-bearer of all Freemasonry, pretends to inaugurate the golden era of the Masonic universal republic, comprising in Masonic brotherhood all men and all nations.
	www.unionoffaiths.com /article_y4.html (3612 words)

	French parliament passes tough new anti-crime law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The French parliament adopted a tough new anti-crime law Thursday that makes it illegal to boo France's national anthem and widens police powers against prostitution, loiterers and beggars.
		The new law is the centerpiece of the center-right government's campaign to combat rising crime and the brainchild of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
		Opinion polls show that the majority of French support Sarkozy's vision for a safer France, but the law has been heavily criticized as repressive by politicians on the left, human rights groups and civic associations.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/02/13/international1845EST0808.DTL&type=printable (295 words)

	French Parliament Votes for Headscarf Ban in Schools \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 10.02.2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It will take effect by September, the beginning of the new school year, when students at France's schools and universities will only be allowed to wear discreet signs of their religions, such as small pendants and crosses.
		Polls show that nearly 70 percent of the French public support the bill as apposed to only around 40 percent of the country's 5 million Muslims.
		In a speech on the subject in December, President Chirac recalled the fundaments of French republicanism that require the state to remain neutral in religious questions.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1111321,00.html (763 words)

	Asbarez Online - JANUARY 18, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French President Jacques Chirac, a conservative, and Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin have distanced themselves from the parliamentary measure and sought to limit the potential damage to relations with Turkey.
		Citing Cem's remarks made to the French ambassador, ministry spokesman Huseyin Dirioz told Reuters that Turkey regretted that the French government appeared to have made no serious efforts to prevent the ratification of the bill during the parliamentary debate.
		Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Huseyin Dirioz said he had expected the French Parliament to adopt a stance which would have paved the way for the victory of common sense instead of prejudice, friendship instead of animosity and cooperation instead of tension.
	www.asbarez.com /aol/2001/010118.htm (1590 words)

	French Parliament Adopts Tobin Tax Amendment- Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic Policy
		It is, thus, a symbolic and political victory that has been obtained by the French Members of Parliament, in particular by those in the ATTAC group of the national assembly.
		The French Parliament is the second Parliament in the world, after our Canadian friends in 1999, to have voted on the principle of a Tobin tax.
		And as Gérard Fuchs, French Member of Parliament, recalled during the debate in the Assembly : « When we first talked about banning child labour, it was a utopia.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/glotax/currtax/2001/0712attac.htm (656 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PARIS, November 28 (IslamOnline.net) - The French parliament is presently debating a draft bill legalizing euthanasia in the case of incurable illness.
		The bill, a copy of which was obtained by IslamOnline.net, stipulates that a doctor must respect the wish of a person suffering from an incurable disease to stop the treatment, even if that leads to his death.
		The parliament is expected to vote on the new bill on Tuesday, November 30.
	islamonline.net /English/News/2004-11/28/article04.shtml (573 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - French parliament passes tough legislation to prevent illegal dumping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French parliament passes tough legislation to prevent illegal dumping
		French deputies have also warned the new laws will be brought to bear against all nationalities.
		Meanwhile, 19 municipalities along France's Atlantic coast claimed compensation in a French commercial court from TotalFinaElf for damage cause by the Erika oil slick.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte02773.htm (244 words)

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