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Politics of Réunion

overseas département of France.[1]

The island's conventional name is the Department of Réunion, or Réunion. The French flag is used on the island. The island's capital is Saint-Denis,[1] and the island is divided into 4 arrondissements, 24 communes and 25 cantons.[2]

Réunion is governed by

French law under Article 73 of the Constitution of France, under which the laws and regulations are applicable as of right, as in metropolitan France.[3] Suffrage is granted universally[4] to all those over the age of 18.[5]

Executive branch

The chief of state is the

General Council, who acts as head of the government,[citation needed] is Cyrille Melchior.[citation needed] The President of the Regional Council is Huguette Bello
.

French Ministry of the Interior.[citation needed] The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by members of those councils.[citation needed
]

Legislative branch

The

unicameral Departmental Council has 50 seats (since 4.2015). The unicameral Regional Council has 45 seats. Members of both are elected by direct election
for six-year terms.

Composition

Party seats
•
Les Républicains
 15
Socialist Party 10
• Miscellaneous Right 10
Communist Party of Réunion 8
Miscellaneous Left 3
• MoDem 3

Deputies

Réunion elects seven deputies to the National Assembly for five-year terms.[citation needed]

Constituency Deputy Party
1st Ericka Bareigts PS
2nd Karine Lebon
PLR
3rd Nathalie Bassire LR
4th David Lorion LR
5th Jean-Hugues Ratenon DVG
6th Nadia Ramassamy LR
7th Thierry Robert MoDem

Senators

Réunion elects four senators to the Senate for six-year terms.[citation needed]

Senator Party
Michel Fontaine
LR
Didier Robert
LR
Paul Vergès PCR
Michel Vergoz PS

European Parliament

Réunion participates in French elections to the European Parliament as a part of the Indian Ocean section of the Overseas constituency, which also includes Mayotte.[citation needed] Younous Omarjee, from Réunion, is one of the three MEPs representing the constituency.[citation needed]

Judicial branch

The Judicial branch of the overseas département is run by the Cour d'Appel (Court of Appeals).[citation needed]

International organization participation

Reunion is a member in the Indian Ocean Commission (InOC)[7] since 1986,[8] and of the World Federation of Trade Unions.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Réunion". britannica.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. Insee
    . Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Collectivités d'Outre-mer de l'article 73 de la Constitution (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "France 1958 (rev. 2008) - Article 3". constituteproject.org. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ "The right to vote". welcometofrance.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ^ "French President Emmanuel Macron wins second term in office". aa.com.tr. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  7. ^ "IOC and the EU". European External Action Service. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ISSN 0035-8533
    .
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