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Basic texts

• The French Constitution
• Rules of  Procedure of  the National Assembly
  (January 2010)

The Constitutional Reform

• The Coming into Effect of the New Constitutional Provisions and the Reform of Parliamentary Procedure

General documentation

• The National Assembly in the French Institutions :
  78 factsheets about the French parliamentary system and institutions
• The National Assembly explained to young people - French Institutions

Detailed information

Organisation and players

• General framework
• Election  - Legislative elections of June 2007 - Legislative elections of June 2002 - Size of political groups at the National Assembly (XIII^th legislature)
• Distribution of seats - Constituencies on the map of France
• Service rules
• Main bodies
• Means

Legislative role

• Legislative procedure and steps
• Governmental means of action in the legislative procedure
• Acts of a specific character

Scrutiny and information role

• Procedures for raising an issue of the government's responsability
• Information and investigation procedures
• Offices and delegations
• The Committee of European affairs [The former Delegation]
• The Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technological Assessment

Visiting and attending debates

• Attending a public debate
• Visiting the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon)

History and heritage

• History of the Palais Bourbon
• History of the National Assembly
• A palace for democracy
• La Marseillaise
• The French National Assembly (video)

French Presidency of the European Union
(July - December 2008)

• Access to the section
• Timetable of interparliamentary meetings
• Meeting of Committees and Offices for scientific and technological Assessment within the Pärliaments of the European Union and the European Parliament
• Biography of Mr. Bernard Accoyer, President of the National Assembly

Other documents

• Report : the relationship between Europe and the USA (october 2005)