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:
“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the countryand then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”
—Charles Krauthammer (b. 1950)
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“I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)