Senate of France

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chamber of Parliament of France legislative body upper house of parliament

The Senate of France is the upper house of the French Parliament, representing territorial collectivities and French citizens living abroad within the country’s bicameral legislative system.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
Senate of France canonical 41
French Senate 39
Senate of the French Third Republic 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of Parliament of France ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
budgetaryRole votes on finance bills ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
constitutionalFunction acts as High Court in certain constitutional circumstances (Haute Cour) via parliament in joint session ⓘ
constitutionalLimitation National Assembly has final say in most legislative disputes ⓘ
constitutionalPower can amend bills ⓘ
can propose laws ⓘ
constitutionalRole initiation of legislation ⓘ
oversight of the Government of France ⓘ
participation in the legislative process ⓘ
representation of local authorities ⓘ
review of bills passed by the National Assembly ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentFormSince 1958 ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer Gérard Larcher ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerSince 2014 ⓘ
electoralCollegeIncludes departmental councillors ⓘ
members of the National Assembly ⓘ
municipal councillors ⓘ
regional councillors ⓘ
established 1795 ⓘ
foreignPolicyRole ratifies certain international treaties ⓘ
hasChamber hemicycle ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Council of Ancients ⓘ
Council of the Republic ⓘ
Senate of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Third Republic

Sénat conservateur ⓘ
jurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislativeSystem bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn 6th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
meetsIn Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
memberTitle senator ⓘ
motto Senate of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sénat, le Parlement des territoires
numberOfMembers 348 ⓘ
otherChamber National Assembly of France ⓘ
oversightInstrument parliamentary committees ⓘ
questions to the government ⓘ
partOf Parliament of France ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
renewalFraction half of the seats every 3 years ⓘ
represents French citizens living abroad ⓘ
territorial collectivities of the French Republic ⓘ
sessionRoom Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: Luxembourg Palace Senate chamber
termLength 6 years ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
website https://www.senat.fr ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

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

Constitution of the Fifth Republic → definesInstitution → Senate of France ⓘ
Parliament of France → hasComponent → Senate of France ⓘ
Parliament of France → upperHouse → Senate of France ⓘ
National Assembly of France → upperChamber → Senate of France ⓘ
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Guadeloupe → representedInBody → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
French Guiana → representedIn → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Senate of France → historicalPrecursor → Senate of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Third Republic
Senate of France → motto → Senate of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sénat, le Parlement des territoires
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804 → approvedBy → Senate of France ⓘ
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804 → participant → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Pierre-Roger Ducos → politicalInstitution → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
La République En Marche! → representedIn → Senate of France ⓘ
Government of France and Parliament of France → composedOf → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament of France
Government of France and Parliament of France → upperHouse → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament of France
French Fifth Republic → upperHouse → Senate of France ⓘ
French Third Republic → legislativeBody → Senate of France ⓘ
Palais du Luxembourg → houses → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sénat (France)
Aimable Pélissier → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate (Second Empire)
Communist Party of France → representedIn → Senate of France ⓘ
Émile Loubet → parliamentaryBody → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
French Republic → upperHouse → Senate of France ⓘ
Charles-François Lebrun → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate (First Empire)
Georges Clemenceau → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
French overseas territories → haveUpperHouseRepresentationIn → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Socialist Party (France) → representedIn → Senate of France ⓘ
Raymond Poincaré → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Bertrand Delanoë → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Article 20 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic → hasLegalEffectOn → Senate of France ⓘ
François Étienne de Kellermann → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chamber of Peers of France
President René Coty → legislativeBodyMemberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: René Coty
this entity surface form: French Senate
Claude-Louis Berthollet → memberOf → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the French Empire
Union for the New Republic → representedIn → Senate of France ⓘ
French law → legislativeChamber → Senate of France ⓘ
Council of the Republic → predecessorOf → Senate of France ⓘ
Council of the Republic → replacedBy → Senate of France ⓘ
Council of the Republic → followed → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Third Republic
Council of the Republic → followedBy → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Fifth Republic
Council of the Republic → replacedInConstitutionBy → Senate of France ⓘ
President of the Senate → heads → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of France
President of the Senate → legislativeChamber → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of France
President of the Senate → appointedBy → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of France
Gérard Larcher → legislativeBody → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
National Assembly has final say in most legislative disputes → appliesToBody → Senate of France ⓘ
President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council → mayBeConsultedBy → Senate of France ⓘ
LREM → representedIn → Senate of France ⓘ
subject surface form: La République En Marche!
MoDem → legislativeBody → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Senator of Indre-et-Loire → partOf → Senate of France ⓘ
Senator of Indre-et-Loire → legislativeBody → Senate of France ⓘ
Senator of Indre-et-Loire → hasBodyThatItBelongsTo → Senate of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate bureau