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:
“In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who’s out in front of nobody?... Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)