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unusual facts about Senate of France



Gaston Monnerville

Instead he was named to the Council of the Republic of France (the Senate), which was being reconstituted by appointments.

Jean-Claude Frécon

Jean-Claude Frécon (born 3 September 1944) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Loire department, and has served in the Congress of the Council of Europe since 1994, of which he is the current President of Chamber of Local Authorities (elected in 2010)in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe having served as a Vice-President in Congress since 2002 and as President of the Congress French Delegation since 2004.

Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan

Marguerite has various descendants throughout Europe; Through her son she is a direct male line ancestress of Josselin de Rohan, member of the Senate of France.

Parliamentary immunity

In 2004, Charles Pasqua was voted in as a senator by conservative electors of the Paris region (the Senate is elected by an electoral college).

Paul Blanc

Paul Blanc (Ille-sur-Têt, 29 January 1937) is a member of the Senate of France since 1992, and re-elected in 2001, representing the Pyrénées-Orientales department.

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.


see also

Anti-mask laws

French ban on face covering is an act of parliament passed by the Senate of France on 14 September 2010, resulting in the ban on the wearing of face-covering headgear, including masks, helmets, balaclava, niqābs and other veils covering the face in public places, except under specified circumstances.

Negre

Louis Nègre (born 1947), French politician and member of the Senate of France