Politics
The President of the General Council is the Socialist Bernard Derosier.
| Party | seats | |
|---|---|---|
| • | Socialist Party | 43 |
| • | French Communist Party | 12 |
| Union for a Popular Movement | 10 | |
| Miscellaneous Right | 8 | |
| • | Miscellaneous Left | 3 |
| MoDem | 2 | |
| New Centre | 1 | |
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“The will to change begins in the body not in the mind
My politics is in my body, accruing and expanding with every act of resistance and each of my failures.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when antiracism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other and both interests lose.”
—Kimberly Crenshaw (b. 1959)
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)