Politics of Brittany explained

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

See main article: List of presidents of Brittany.

Legislative branch

See 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 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

Party seats
28
14
9
8
4
6
6
3
Miscellaneous Ecologists5

Elections

See main article: Elections in Brittany.

Other elections

Year! scope="col" style="background-color: lightgrey;"
National winnerRunner-up
200747.38% 921,25652.62% 1,023,056
200288.56% 1,523,38811.44% 196,712
199550.44% 858,10049.56% 843,169
198855.10% 929,36344.90% 757,417
198148.95% 796,76951.05% 831,034
197456.54% 781,56343.46% 600,678
196963.95% 692,28036.05% 390,240
196563.15% 806,95836.85% 470,839

In the 2007 legislative election, 13 Socialists were elected. The UMP won 11 seats. One centrist affiliated with the MoDem (now 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Resources on the Internet: Presidential and Legislative Elections in France - Results Lookup.
  2. Web site: 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 . 2023-10-18 . archive.wikiwix.com.
  3. News: 2022-04-09 . Brittany lays claim to autonomy, in Corsica's footsteps . en . Le Monde.fr . 2023-10-18.