The French Republic (French: République? française), referred to as France, is located in western Europe, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain, and separated from the United Kingdom across the English Channel.

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France was the main victor in the First and Second World Wars, so it became a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and had veto power over bills.

France is also one of the founding members of the European Union and NATO, and a member of the Schengen Convention.

The constitution of the Fifth French Republic (now France) was adopted by a referendum by the French people on September 28, 1958.

The Constitution formulated on October 4, 1958 determined the operation of the national political system of the Fifth Republic of China.

Since then, the constitution has been revised many times, which has greatly strengthened the relationship between the executive and parliament.

***President of the Republic of China: The head of state is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term (the five-year presidential term was established after the French referendum on September 24, 2000); and the president appoints the prime minister, and according to Article 8 of the French Constitution

, the Prime Minister appoints other members of the government on the nomination of the Prime Minister.

The president presides over cabinet meetings and promulgates laws; the president is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

In addition, according to Article 16 of the Constitution, when facing a major crisis, the president has the power to take extraordinary measures, such as declaring a national emergency or initiating a national mobilization order, etc.

According to Articles 20 and 21 of the Constitution, under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the government determines and is in charge of national policies; leads the operation of the government and ensures the implementation of the law; the government is accountable to the Parliament.

Nicolas Sarkozy is the current sixth president of the Fifth French Republic (now France). He officially took office on May 16, 2007; Francois Fillon was elected in 2007

He was appointed as the current French Prime Minister by Nicolas Sarkozy on May 17, 2017.

The National Assembly (French: Assemblée?nationale) is the country's highest legislative body, with a total of 577 members, each representing a single constituency.

Members of the Parliament are directly elected by the people for a term of five years.

The French president has the power to dissolve the National Assembly.

The Senate (French: Sénat) has a total of 321 senators. The senators are elected by an electoral body for a term of 9 years; and one-third of the senators are replaced every 3 years.

After September 2004, the term of a senator was shortened to 6 years; and in 2010, the number of seats was increased to 346.

The legislative functions of the Senate are limited; when the two parliaments disagree, the national parliament has the final say.

The government has considerable influence over parliament's agenda.

France has 26 regions (a type of administrative region, 22 in the mainland) (French: Régions?administratives), which are further divided into 100 provinces (96 in the mainland) (French: Départements; Chinese translation: Districts

, province, county).

These areas are primarily alphabetically numbered, and these numbers are used for postal code or vehicle license plates.

A department is composed of regions (French: arrondissement), each region is divided into several communes (French: canton), each commune includes several communes (French: commune); the commune is the smallest administrative unit in France.

Overseas areas are France's former colonies, which enjoy similar treatment in France as in European countries.

They can be considered part of France, or part of the European Union.

?France's overseas territories include: 4 overseas departments (départements? d'outre-mer,?DOM): Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Reunion Island (La

?Réunion).

?5 overseas territories (collectivité?d'outre-mer): French Polynesia (987) (Polynésie?française), Wallis?et?Futuna (986), Mayotte (

976) (Mayotte), Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (975) (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon), French Antarctic Territory (Les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises).

? 1 special administrative unit (Statut? spécifique): New Caledonia (La? Nouvelle? Calédonie).