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France
Population
Total population of France is 66 989 083 by 1st January 2017. 12,17% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat).
The median age of people in France is 40,43 which is close to the European average of 40,36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary elections were held in June 2017. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
The Republic Onwards! |
28,21 |
Liberal |
|
Union for a Popular Movement | The Republicans |
15,77 |
Conservative |
|
Union for French Democracy | Democratic Movement |
4,12 |
Conservative |
|
Socialist Party |
7,44 |
Social democracy |
|
Union of Democrats and Independents |
3,03 |
Conservative |
|
Unbowed France |
11,03 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
other left |
1,6 |
Social democracy |
|
French Communist Party |
2,72 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
National Front |
13,2 |
Right-wing |
|
other right |
2,76 |
Conservative |
|
Radical Party of the Left |
0,47 |
Social democracy |
|
Greens |
4,3 |
Green/Ecologist |
|
Arise the Republic | France Arise |
1,17 |
Conservative |
Electoral System
The system used in France is TRS – Two Round System, where the voter casts a vote for their candidate but if any of the candidates do not receive needed number of votes, candidates that have less than a certain proportion of the votes or all but the two candidates with the highest number of votes are eliminated and a second round is held. The voter turnout was 42,64% in 2017. (idea.int)
Quality of Democracy
France has semi-presidential system. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1,5 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, France is ranked 23rd least corrupt among 180 countries with the score of 70 out of 100.
Gender Equality
39% of parliamentarians are women. France has legislated candidate quotas.