French Parliament
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Palais du Luxembourg The French Parliament （French: Parlement français） is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate （Sénat） and the National Assembly （Assemblée nationale）.
Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at separate locations in Paris: the Senate meets in the Palais du Luxembourg and the National Assembly convenes at Palais Bourbon.
Each house has its own regulations and rules of procedure.
However, occasionally they may meet as a single house known as the Congress of the French Parliament （Congrès du Parlement français）, convened at the Palace of Versailles, to revise and amend the Constitution of France.
Normally, the parliament meets for a single nine-month session each year but under special circumstances the President of France can call an additional session.
Parliamentary power was limited after the establishment of the Fourth Republic; however, the National Assembly can still cause a government to fall if an absolute majority of the legislators votes for a motion of no confidence.
As a result, the government usually consists of members from the political party that dominates the Assembly and must be supported by a majority there to prevent a vote of no-confidence.
The prime minister and other government ministers are appointed by the president, who is under no constitutional or other mandatory obligation to make governmental appointments from the ranks of the majority party in parliament.
This is a safe-guard that was introduced by the founder of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle, to attempt to prevent the disarray and horse-trading seen in the parliamentary regimes of the Third and Fourth Republics; however,
in practice the prime minister and other ministers usually do belong ...