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Politics of Alsace

Politics of Alsace

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The politics of Alsace, France, takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of the Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.

Executive

See also: List of presidents of Alsace

The executive of the region is led by the President of the Regional Council.

Legislative branch

Main article: Alsace Regional Council

The Regional Council of Alsace (Conseil régional d'Alsace) is composed of 37 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.

The Council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

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Elections

Main article: Elections in Alsace

Other elections

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In the 2007 legislative election, thirteen out of the sixteen Alsatian deputies were from the UMP, one was from the opposition PS, and one was from the UMP's coalition partner, the New Centre. One deputy, Éric Straumann, was a UMP dissident.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Election Resources on the Internet: Presidential and Legislative Elections in France - Results Lookup". electionresources.org.
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