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General reviews of French national and regional government, politics, and law are found in the General Resources site. For a Library of Congress resource on French law, consult the France section of the Guide to Law Online, at the Global Legal Information Network site. Additional resources are listed below.
French Parliament
(Assemblée Nationale) (http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/english/index.asp)
Links to information on the National Assembly--including its history and heritage, organization and players, legislative role, general documentation, and more. Multilingual, though mostly in French.
French Senate (Le Sénat) (http://www.senat.fr)
Official site of the French Senate offers information, current news, publications, and more. In French.
Constitutional Council. Conseil
Constitutionnel (http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr)
Text of the French consitution including revisions. In French with some English access.
Embassy of the United States. Paris, France (http://france.usembassy.gov)
Information about the Embassy, U.S. citizen services, visas to the U.S., U.S. policy and issues, publications, consular news, resources, and more. In English and French.
FindLaw:
International Resources: France (http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/fr.html)
Links to many of the best resources (both free and fee-based) on legislation in each country. Includes annotations in English.
France diplomatie (French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs)(http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/)
French foreign policy. Links to thematic files (such as cinema, democracy, human rights, and the global economy), information about the Ministry, the EU, news, press room, and general information about France. Searchable. In multiple languages.
Government Portal. (Prime
Minister of France) (http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/en/)
Includes links to information on topics ranging from agriculture to economy to foreign policy to town and country planning. Multilingual.
Governments on the WWW: France (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/fr.html)
Links to national, regional, and municipal institutions; representations in foreign countries; political parties, and more.
Légifrance (http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
French legal reference site. Links to juridical sites, legal publications, and more. Mostly in French, with English translations of French codes and texts.
Le Journal officiel (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/jahia/Jahia/pid/1)
Official gazette of the French Republic.
Political Resources on
the net -- France (http://www.politicalresources.net/france.htm)
Links to sites for France's government, organizations, media, and elections.
Présidence de la République. Presidency of the Republic. (http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/anglais/speeches_and_documents/
2005/2005_speeches_and_documents.27733.html)
Information on the president, speeches and documents, institutions, Elysee Palace, symbols of the Republic, and more. Multilingual.
Sciences Po Paris (http://www.sciences-po.fr/english/index.html)
Institut d'études politiques de Paris/ Paris Institute of Political Studies
Sciences-Po has traditionally educated the French political and diplomatic elite, but its academic focus spans not only the political and economic sciences, but also law, communications, finance, business, management, and journalism.
Service-publique.
Public-Service (http://www.service-public.fr/etranger/english.html)
Official gateway to the French civil service. Access to the presidency, national assembly, prime minister, and more. In French, with some English.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: France (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-f/france.html)
Online directory of key leaders of foreign governments. Follows transliteration systems generally agreed upon by U.S. Government agencies, except in cases in which officials have stated preference for alternate spellings of their names.
U.S. Department of State -- France (http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/fr/)
Remarks, press releases, official U.S. personnel in France, links to major reports, and more.
U.S. Department
of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices 2005: France (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61648.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
U.S. Law Library of Congress.
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN): France (http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/france.html)
Links to French laws, regulations and other legal resources. Includes full texts, thesaurii, legal guides, and general resources. Organized by constitution, executive, judicial, and legislative branches of French government. French with English translations and/or abstracts.
World LII -- France (http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/216.html)
The World Law website links to information on courts and case-law, education, government, legislation, other indexes, parliament, alternative dispute resolution, elections, infrastructure, intellectual property, military law, poverty reduction, privatization, and secured transactions. In English.
World Statesmen. France (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/France.html)
Includes lists of leaders, detailed chronologies (including minor dependencies and Corsica), map, national anthems, and flags.
French Political Parties (In French.)
Front National (FN) (http://www.frontnational.com)
National Front.
Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (LCR) (http://www.lcr-rouge.org)
Revolutionary Communist League.
Lutte Ouvrière (LO) (http://www.lutte-ouvriere.org)
The Worker's Fight.
Mouvement National Républicain (MNR) (http://www.m-n-r.com)
National Republican Movement.
Parti Communiste français (PCF) (http://www.pcf.fr)
French Communist Party.
Parti Socialiste (PS) (http://www.parti-socialiste.fr)
Socialist Party.
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
(UMP) (http://www.u-m-p.org/site/index.php)
Union for a Popular Movement.
Union pour la Démocratie Française (UDF) (http://www.udf.org)
Union for French Democracy.
Les Verts (LV) (http://lesverts.fr)
Green Party.
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