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unusual facts about Parliament of France



French Defence Health service

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

Happy slapping

In February 2007, an amendment aimed at criminalising happy slapping was added to a law "on the prevention of the delinquence" by the Parliament of France based on a proposal from then Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.

Yvelines

Since then the château has continued to welcome the parlement when called upon to sit in a congressional sitting, jointly with the upper house in order to enact constitutional changes or, as happened most recently in June 2009, to listen to a formal declaration by the president.


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