Politics of Brittany

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Politics of Brittany

The politics of

Legislative power
is vested in the regional council.

Executive

The executive of the region is led by the

President of the regional council
.

List of presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Brittany
Presidents of Brittany
President Party Term
René Pleven DC 1974–1976
André Colin CDS 1976–1978
Raymond Marcellin UDF-PR 1978–1986
Yvon Bourges RPR 1986–1998
Josselin de Rohan RPR/UMP 1998–2004
Jean-Yves Le Drian PS 2004–

Legislative branch

Main article: Regional Council of Brittany

The Regional Council of Brittany (Conseil régional de Bretagne, Kuzul Rannvroel Breizh) is composed of 83 councillors, elected by

threshold
.

The council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

Party seats
• Socialist Party 36
Union for a Popular Movement 14
Union for French Democracy 9
• French Communist Party 7
• The Greens 7
• Breton Democratic Union 4
•
Left Radical Party
 2
Miscellaneous Left 2
• Miscellaneous Left 1

Elections

Main article: Elections in Brittany

Other elections

Presidential runoff elections results
Year National winner Runner-up
2007 47.38% 921,256 52.62% 1,023,056
2002 88.56% 1,523,388 11.44% 196,712
1995 50.44% 858,100 49.56% 843,169
1988 55.10% 929,363 44.90% 757,417
1981 48.95% 796,769 51.05% 831,034
1974 56.54% 781,563 43.46% 600,678
1969 63.95% 692,280 36.05% 390,240
1965 63.15% 806,958 36.85% 470,839

In the

New Centre) was elected. One PS dissident, Marcel Rogemont was also elected.[1]

Political movements

The reunification of Brittany is supported by 50% of the inhabitants of Brittany and of Loire-Atlantique compared to 28% who are opposed, and is considered a prerequisite to further autonomy.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Election Resources on the Internet: Presidential and Legislative Elections in France - Results Lookup".
  2. ^ "La moitié des habitants de la Bretagne à 5 favorable à un rattachement de la Loire-Atlantique" [Half of the inhabitants of the 5 Breton departments in favour of integrating Loire-Atlantique]. archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ "Brittany lays claim to autonomy, in Corsica's footsteps". Le Monde.fr. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2023-10-18.

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