France

National Assembly

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Other

Notes: Ordinance No. 58-1100 of November 17, 1958 relating to the functioning of parliamentary assemblies, in the application of the principle of separation of powers provided for by the Constitution.

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament

Notes: Each chamber prepares its proposal with the draft budget then approved by a committee common to both chambers, and is then sent to the government for inclusion (without possibility of modification) in the finance bill

Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Euro (EUR)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
0.670
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
966,020,000 EUR
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
1,341,694,444
(2023)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
Other institutions

Notes: the Luxembourg Museum and Luxembourg Gardens fall under the Senate's budget

Budget for the chamber
599,600,000 EUR
(2023)
Chamber budget, per year in PPP
856,571,429
There is a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament
Yes
(2023)
State budget, per year
682,000,000,000 EUR
(2023)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
0.001
(2023)

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
Yes
Links to gender equality policies
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
No information available
Number of staff employed by the chamber (FTE)
1,260
(2023)
Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
Bureau/Parliamentary board
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No