National Assembly of France

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The National Assembly of France is the country’s principal legislative chamber, composed of directly elected deputies who debate and pass laws and oversee the government.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
French National Assembly	8
French Chamber of Deputies	2
Assemblée nationale constituante	1
Assemblée nationale française	1
National Assembly	1
National Assembly (France, 1789)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
broadcastsDebates	yes ⓘ
budgetaryPower	yes ⓘ
canAmendConstitution	yes ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	President of the French Republic ⓘ surface form: President of France
canCensureGovernment	yes ⓘ
chamberType	lower chamber ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	French Fifth Republic ⓘ surface form: Fifth French Republic
country	France ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer	Yaël Braun-Pivet ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerStartYear	2022 ⓘ
electionSystem	two-round system ⓘ
electorate	French citizens ⓘ
establishedInYear	1789 ⓘ
firstSessionYear	1789 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasPublicSessions	yes ⓘ
hasStandingCommittees	yes ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Parliament of France ⓘ
locatedIn	Palais Bourbon ⓘ
locatedInCity	Paris ⓘ
locatedInCountry	France ⓘ
mainFunction	debate public policy ⓘ oversee the government ⓘ pass laws ⓘ
meetsIn	hemicycle ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	Palais Bourbon ⓘ
membersCalled	deputies ⓘ
numberOfMembers	577 ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
officialName	Assemblée nationale ⓘ
oversightTools	commissions of inquiry ⓘ questions to the government ⓘ votes of no confidence ⓘ
predecessor	Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the National Assembly ⓘ
reestablishedInYear	1958 ⓘ
roleInLegislation	examines and amends bills ⓘ initiates bills ⓘ votes on government bills ⓘ
successorInLegislativeHierarchy	none ⓘ
supervises	Government of France ⓘ
termLengthYears	5 ⓘ
upperChamber	Senate of France ⓘ
votingSystem	single-member constituencies ⓘ
website	https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Constituent Assembly → alsoKnownAs → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assemblée nationale constituante

Government of France → canBeDismissedBy → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Government of France and Parliament of France → composedOf → National Assembly of France ⓘ

subject surface form: Parliament of France

Government of France → confirmedBy → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Constitution of the Fifth Republic → definesInstitution → National Assembly of France ⓘ

The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) → depicts → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Catherine Lalumière → employer → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

Palais Bourbon → governingBody → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

Parliament of France → hasComponent → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Article 20 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic → hasLegalEffectOn → National Assembly of France ⓘ

French overseas territories → haveLowerHouseRepresentationIn → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

Palais Bourbon → houses → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

Yaël Braun-Pivet → jurisdiction → National Assembly of France ⓘ

French Fourth Republic → legislativeBody → National Assembly of France ⓘ

French Revolution → legislativeBody → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Assembly

France → lowerHouse → National Assembly of France ⓘ

French Fifth Republic → lowerHouse → National Assembly of France ⓘ

French Republic → lowerHouse → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Parliament of France → lowerHouse → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Government of France and Parliament of France → lowerHouse → National Assembly of France ⓘ

subject surface form: Parliament of France

Dominique Strauss-Kahn → memberOf → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

Frédéric Passy → memberOf → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Chamber of Deputies

Georges Clemenceau → memberOf → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Chamber of Deputies

Robert Schuman → memberOf → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Yaël Braun-Pivet → memberOf → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Assemblée nationale → officialName → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assemblée nationale française

Senate of France → otherChamber → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Estates-General of 1789 → relatedBody → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Assembly (France, 1789)

Communist Party of France → representedIn → National Assembly of France ⓘ

French Guiana → representedIn → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

La République En Marche! → representedIn → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Socialist Party (France) → representedIn → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Guadeloupe → representedInBody → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly

Government of France → responsibleTo → National Assembly of France ⓘ

Prime Minister of France → responsibleTo → National Assembly of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: French National Assembly