16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

2022–2024 sitting of the French Parliament

16th legislature of the Fifth French Republic

XVIe législature de la Cinquième République française

History
Founded| 22 June 2022 (2022-06-22)
Disbanded| 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)
Preceded by| 15th legislature
Succeeded by| 17th legislature
Leadership

President of the
National Assembly

Yaël Braun-Pivet, RE
since 28 June 2022

President of the
Senate

Gérard Larcher, LR
since 1 October 2014

Government

Borne, Attal, Ensemble

Structure
Seats| 577 deputies

Political groups

| Government (250)

* RE (170)[a]
* DEM (51)[b]
* HOR (30)[c]

Support (45)

* LR (42)[d][e]
* LIOT diss. (2)[f]
* NI (1)[g]

Opposition (278)

* RN (88)[h]
* LFI (74)[j]
* SOC (31)[k]
* ECO (22)[l][m]
* GDR (22)[n]
* LIOT (18)[o]
* LR diss. (19)[p]
* NI (4)[q]

Other

* Vacant (4)

Elections

Voting system

| Two-round system

Last election

| 12 and 19 June 2022

The 16th legislature of the Fifth French Republic (French: XVIe législature de la Cinquième République française) was elected in the 2022 French legislative election. It was preceded by the 15th legislature. On 9 June 2024, following a defeat in the 2024 European Parliament Elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly, as per article 12 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic,[r] and called for snap elections on 30 June (1st round) and 7 July (2nd round).[1]

## Composition of the executive

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Main articles: Borne government and Attal government

* President of France: Emmanuel Macron (LREM), since 14 May 2017

## Membership

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Main article: List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France

For the first time since the 1988 legislative election, the incumbent President of France failed to earn a parliamentary majority in the National Assembly. The 2022 legislative election was widely seen as a severe blow for Emmanuel Macron.[2][3] Both the outgoing President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand and leader of the La République En Marche! party in the National Assembly Christophe Castaner lost their seats.[4][5] The position of Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister was put into question following the election result.[6] On 21 June 2022, she offered her resignation to President Macron, who refused to accept it.[7]

On 28 June 2022, Yaël Braun-Pivet was elected to succeed Ferrand as President of the National Assembly.[8]

* Composition of the National Assembly following the 2022 election according to Ministry of the Interior candidate labels

* Composition of the National Assembly with all parties shown separately

### Changes

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Main article: List of by-elections to the 16th National Assembly of France

## See also

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* Candidates in the 2022 French legislative election
* Election results of Cabinet Ministers during the 2022 French legislative election
* List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2022 French legislative election
* Results of the 2022 French legislative election by constituency

## Notes

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1. ^
* Renaissance (150)
* PRV (4)
* EC (4)
* Horizons (2)
* PÉ (1)
* FP (1)
* GNC (1)
* CE (1)
* DVC (5)
* DVD (3)
2. ^
* MoDem (45)
* Renaissance (3)
* PRG (1)
3. ^
* Horizons (27)
* LFA (1)
* CCB (1)
* Renaissance (1)
4. ^
* LR (38)
* LR-SL (2)
* UDI (1)
* DVD (1)
5. ^ LR has repeatedly voted down motions of no confidence which would have brought down the Government had they passed, including motions which would have prevented the Government's budget from being enacted, and as such can be classified as granting the incumbent executive confidence and supply
6. ^
* UDI (2)
7. ^
* EXD (1)
8. ^
* RN (87)
* LS (1)
9. ^
* PG (21)
* RÉ974 (1)
* PD (1)
* Péyi-A (1)
* REV (1)
10. ^
* LFI (69)[i]
* Ensemble! (5)
* POI (1)
11. ^
* PS (27)
* FGPS (1)
* PPDG (1)
* PPM (1)
* DVG (1)
12. ^
* EELV (16)
* G·s (4)
* GE (2)
13. ^ They contest latest election as Ecologist Pole
14. ^
* PCF (12)
* TH (3)
* PLR (2)
* DVG (2)
* MDES (1)
* Progrès [fr] (1)
* Péyi-A (1)
15. ^
* PS dissents (4)
* UDI (3)
* Femu (2)
* DVG (2)
* DVD (2)
* PRV dissents (1)
* AD (1)
* LC (1)
* PNC (1)
* REG (1)
16. ^ 19 LR deputies have voted for censure motions, making them effectively dissidents that are part of the opposition.
17. ^
* DLF (1)
* LFI (1)
* DVG (1)
* DVD (1)
18. ^ "The President of the Republic may, after consulting the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the Houses of Parliament, declare the National Assembly dissolved. A general election shall take place no fewer than twenty days and no more than forty days after the dissolution. The National Assembly shall sit as of right on the second Thursday following its election. Should this sitting fall outside the period prescribed for the ordinary session, a session shall be convened by right for a fifteen-day period. No further dissolution shall take place within a year following said election."[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Emmanuel Macron gambles on snap France election after European defeat". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
2. ^ Hummel, Tassilo; Kar-gupta, Sudip (19 June 2022). "Macron loses absolute majority in parliament in 'democratic shock'". Reuters. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
3. ^ Breeden, Aurelien; Méheut, Constant (19 June 2022). "Macron Loses Absolute Majority as Opposition Surges, a Blow for New Term". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
4. ^ Brunet, Margot (19 June 2022). "Battu aux législatives, Richard Ferrand quitte la présidence de l’Assemblée nationale". Marianne (in French).
5. ^ Brunet, Margot (19 June 2022). "Législatives : Christophe Castaner battu, douche froide pour LREM". Marianne (in French).
6. ^ "Législatives 2022 : Elisabeth Borne, "fragilisée" par les résultats, peut-elle rester à Matignon ?", francetvinfo.fr (in French), 20 June 2022.
7. ^ "Législatives 2022 : Elisabeth Borne a remis sa démission à Emmanuel Macron, qui l'a refusée", francetvinfo (in French), 21 June 2022.
8. ^ "Yaël Braun-Pivet élue Présidente de l'Assemblée nationale", National Assembly of France (in French), 28 June 2022.

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