National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate. The National Assembly's legislators are known as députés, meaning "delegate" or "envoy" in English; etymologically, it is a cognate of the English word deputy, the standard term for legislators in many parliamentary systems.
Some of the key events about National Assembly (France)
- 1789Declared itself the National Constituent Assembly, marking the start of the French Revolution
- 1789Adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a foundational document for human rights
- 1791Drafted and adopted France's first written constitution
- 1793Passed the Law of Suspects, allowing for mass arrests during the Reign of Terror
- 1814Voted to depose Napoleon Bonaparte, ending the First French Empire
- 1848Proclaimed the Second French Republic and abolished slavery in French colonies
- 1848Failed to address social and economic issues, leading to the June Days uprising
- 1870Established the Third French Republic after the fall of the Second Empire
- 1871Suppressed the Paris Commune, resulting in thousands of deaths
- 1877Dissolved by President MacMahon, triggering a constitutional crisis
- 1905Passed the law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, establishing state secularism in France
- 1940Voted full powers to Marshal Pétain, effectively ending the Third Republic
- 1944Granted women the right to vote and stand for election
- 1946Adopted the constitution of the Fourth French Republic
- 1958Approved the constitution of the Fifth French Republic, establishing a semi-presidential system
- 1958Approved the dissolution of the Fourth Republic, leading to the Fifth Republic
- 1962Censured the government, leading to its dissolution by President de Gaulle
- 2000Passed the law on parity, requiring political parties to field an equal number of male and female candidates in elections
- 2010Passed a controversial law banning face coverings in public spaces
- 2016Approved a state of emergency law criticized for restricting civil liberties
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