The exposé des motifs describe the arguments in favor of a modification of a given law or new measurements that are proposed. Deputies may not have more than one local mandate (in a municipal, intercommunal, general, or regional council) in addition to their current mandate. [7] However, districts were not redrawn between 1982 and 2009. [24], "Assemblée Nationale" redirects here. La procédure de dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale est présentée dans l'article 12 de la constitution du 4 octobre 1958, de la façon suivante : Il est néanmoins important de préciser que la dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale devient impossible dès lors que le Président de la République à recours à l'article 16 de la Constituion qui lui confère les pleins pouvoirs. It was necessary within this framework to obtain at least 5% of the vote to elect an official. No new amendments can be added except on the government’s approval. [15], For an ordinary proposition of law, texts must be first reviewed by a permanent parliamentary commission or a special commission designated for this purpose. For other uses, see, Lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, in charge of representatives of interest groups and study groups, in charge of the artistic and cultural heritage of the National Assembly, in charge of the application of the deputy's statute, in charge of the admissibility of proposals of law, 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, referendum on the method of election of the President, eleven constituencies and seats for French residents overseas, National Defence and Armed Forces Committee, Sustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee, Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Monitoring Committee, Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee, List of deputies of the 11th National Assembly of France, List of deputies of the 12th National Assembly of France, List of deputies of the 13th National Assembly of France, List of deputies of the 14th National Assembly of France, List of deputies of the 15th National Assembly of France, "Déclaration politique du groupe Ecologie Démocratie Solidarité", "La motion de censure : véritable moyen de contrôle? The National Assembly's legislators are known as députés (French pronunciation: ​[depyˈte]; "delegate" or "envoy" in English; the word is an etymological cognate of the English word "deputy", which is the standard term for legislators in many parliamentary systems). Legislators of the assembly can ask written or oral questions to ministers. One month after the end of his cabinet position, the deputy returns to his seat in the Assembly. While motions de censure are periodically proposed by the opposition following government actions that it deems highly inappropriate, they are purely rhetorical; party discipline ensures that, throughout a parliamentary term, the government is never overthrown by the Assembly. [6], Since 1988, the 577 deputies are elected by direct universal suffrage with a two-round system by constituency, for a five-year mandate, subject to dissolution. Following a tradition started by the first National Assembly during the French Revolution, the "left-wing" parties sit to the left as seen from the president's seat, and the "right-wing" parties sit to the right, and the seating arrangement thus directly indicates the political spectrum as represented in the Assembly. For example, the deputy for the most populous constituency, in the department of Val-d'Oise, represented 188,000 voters, while the deputy for the least populous constituency, in the department of Lozère, represented only 34,000. As a result of population movements over that period, there were inequalities between the less populous rural districts and the urban districts. [9] Among other controversial measures, it created eleven constituencies and seats for French residents overseas, albeit without increasing the overall number of seats beyond 577.[10][11]. Indeed, the article 48 of the constitution guarantee at least a monthly session decided by the assembly. The term of the National Assembly is five years; however, the President of the Republic may dissolve the Assembly (thereby calling for new elections) unless it has been dissolved in the preceding twelve months. And the fourth one is set by the assembly. Of the 577 elected deputies, 539 represent Metropolitan France, 27 represent the overseas departments and overseas collectivities, and 11 represent French residents overseas. Assembly legislators receive a salary of €7,043.69 per month. Since 1958, the mandate is also incompatible with a ministerial function.