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4 unusual facts about French Parliament


French Defence Health service

In 1882, the French Parliament gave the military health services a degree of independence.

International Parliamentary Scholarship

In 1989 a similar internship program with France was established, which was an exchange program between France and Germany, i.e. German graduates could also do parliamentary internship in the French Parliament.

Since 1989 85 French university graduates have been granted scholarships of the German Bundestag and 80 German university graduates have received scholarships from the French Parliament.

New Caledonian independence referendum, 1987

By a vote of 325 to 249, the French Parliament passed a law on 15 April 1984 on holding an independence referendum in New Caledonia.


Franck R. Boulin

He has worked for 20 years as a senior legislative advisor to the French Parliament and the German Bundestag.


see also

Pierre Bonnemains

Major-General Pierre Bonnemains, Baron of Bonnemains (13 September 1773 in Tréauville – 9 November 1850 in Mesnil-Garnier, was a French officer during the Napoleonic Wars and a member of the French Parliament.