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France

577 seats, and no group holds 289.

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    Parliament. Rassemblement National (National Rally) holds the most seats: 122 of 577 (21%). A majority needs 289.

  2. 2

    Headlines. The tone is getting grimmer: 35% of the last 14 days' headlines read grim, 6% upbeat. Top topic: Security (27%).

  3. 3

    Government. Government barometer 46/100 (Mixed record). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.

  4. 4

    Next vote. French presidential election on 18 April 2027, in 156 days.

Headline mood · 14 days

Line: mood · bars: stories

12 Nov · 8 stories · grim0 upbeat · 5 neutral · 3 grim

What the headlines are about

  • Security 27%
  • Other 25%
  • Politics 20%
  • Economy 18%
  • Society 7%
  • Climate 2%

A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.

Who holds the seats · National Assembly

577 seats · 289 for a majority (line)

Rassemblement National (National Rally)

122 seats · 21.1%

122 members on the Assembly list dated 27 September 2026. 29.26% is the Interior nuance Rassemblement National, 9,379,092 votes, 29.26% of votes cast.

Map · mood compared

France

Overall mood: 35% grim, 6% upbeat · today -37

What changed today

12 Nov

  • 12 Nov: 8 stories (average 8); tone grimmer than usual.

New headlines

3 more headlines
  • General strike over housing brings out tens of thousands in Spain

    Tens of thousands of protesters marched across Spain on Wednesday during a general strike over housing affordability and purchasing power just weeks before an early general election. Unions reported a significant response in some sectors in Spain's first nationwide 24-hour stoppage since 2012, but business leaders played down the participation. Braving heavy rain, tens of thousands of demonstrato…

    France 24 · 11 Nov

  • Tens of thousands attend Polish nationalist march days after shootings

    Tens of thousands of Polish nationalist sympathisers gathered in Warsaw Wednesday for an annual Independence Day March, just days after a deadly shooting spree in Krakow that shook the country. The event is held each November 11 to commemorate the ending in 1918 of 123 years of partition by Russia, Prussia and Austria. The event is a magnet for all shades of Poland's right wing -- from conservati…

    France 24 · 11 Nov

  • Who is Vincent Caure, assigned to head the parliamentary inquiry into the October 17 rioting?

    The discreet MP representing French citizens living in Northern Europe, elected in 2024, has been part of President Macron's political movement since 2016. He has a challenging task ahead of him.

    Le Monde English · 11 Nov

Earlier this week: 10 more headlines

Headlines and summaries come from the linked sources; the selection is automatic.

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Chamber · 27 Sep 2026 · PM 10 Oct 2025

577 seats, and no group holds 289.

The seat map is the National Assembly list of group sizes, with each group snapshot dated 27 September 2026. The chamber has 577 filled seats, and a majority would be 289. No group has that many. The National Rally has 122 seats. Together for the Republic has 90. Emmanuel Macron is still president on the Élysée site. Sébastien Lecornu was reappointed prime minister on 10 October 2025. Vote shares on this desk are the Interior Ministry's definitive first-round shares of votes cast on 30 June 2024.

The room

National Assembly

577 seats · 289 to govern · Assembly list 27 September 2026 · no group has a majority

The deal

No majority group

289 seats would be a majority of 577. The largest group has 122. Together for the Republic's 90 are drawn as the presidential camp's group, not as a majority.

The mood

Election vs now

Bars use the Interior first-round share of votes cast, 30 June 2024. Where several of today's groups stood in one alliance, they share that figure and the line says so.

  • RN
    35.0%
  • EPR
    14.0%
  • LFI
    24.0%
  • SOC
    0.0%
  • DR
    12.0%
  • ÉCO
    0.0%
  • DEM
    0.0%
  • HOR
    0.0%
  • LIOT
    0.0%
  • GDR
    0.0%
  • UDR
    0.0%
  • NI
    0.0%

Ifop voting intentions, same left-alliance question: 29 August–1 September, 5–8 September, and 7–8 October 2025. Notices are on the Commission des sondages.

The trend

From election night to now

Public pollster blend — not a forecast

The split

Seat share beside the 2024 vote

The right bar is seats divided by 577. The left bar is the Interior share of votes cast. A shared alliance figure is labelled in the group line.

The mismatch

Seats they hold vs the poll

The seat bar is the 27 September 2026 headcount. The other bar is the latest Ifop line where that group has one. An empty bar means the question did not ask this group on its own.

The faces

Open a dossier

President, prime minister, and three group presidents who already have a free portrait. The other ministers are on the people list without a new picture.

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The rude gauge

Growth king or a fight with work

Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 46 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. A row left in the middle on every topic is labelled Not scored yet. The band is a label for a scored average, not a court ruling.

Against the workMixed recordGrowth king

Full causal chains live on every promise

This week

The pulse

Chamber

Assembly headcount

577 filled seats. National Rally 122. No group has 289.

Office

Prime Minister

vie-publique.fr: Sébastien Lecornu reappointed prime minister on 10 October 2025.

Office

Government list

The Élysée published the composition that follows the decree of 26 February 2026.

Poll

Ifop voting intentions

Ifop, 7–8 October 2025: National Rally or Union of the Right 35%, left alliance 24%, central bloc 14%, Republicans 12%.

Politics 101

How this country actually works

What this chamber drawing is

577 seats. 289 to govern. No group has it.

Counts are members plus members attached to the group, from the Assembly list, snapshots dated 27 September 2026. Vacancies are 0. 289 is half of 577, rounded up. Vote shares are the Interior Ministry's definitive first-round shares of votes cast on 30 June 2024. Where today's groups stood inside one alliance, they share that alliance figure and the line says so.

Who holds the offices this desk names

Macron, president. Lecornu, prime minister since 10 October 2025.

The Élysée still presents Emmanuel Macron as president, including on 24 September 2026. vie-publique.fr records Sébastien Lecornu's reappointment on 10 October 2025. The composition note of 26 February 2026 names the ministers drawn here. Where that note does not print a party, this desk does not assign one.

Elections

What is on the calendar

National elections and the major votes on these desks, for about the next 24 months. The date comes from the election authority. A poll appears only when a named pollster published it in the last 60 days.

How foreigners are seen

Openness in France

Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.

Who's welcomed

Share of adults in France with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about. A view of a country, not of its people.

Welcoming index

Derived from the two published measures below, not a survey result. Each input keeps its own year.

63.6/100

Mean of Gallup 6.4 of 9 (2023), rescaled to 71.1, and MIPEX 56 of 100 (2024).

The measures behind it (shown separately)

What expats say

InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.

  • Ease of settling in26 of 46
  • Culture and welcome24 of 46
  • Local friendliness31 of 46
  • Finding friends28 of 46

InterNations, Expat Insider 2025

All desks side by side

Pick a measure. Countries without a published figure show Unknown and sit at the end; they are not counted in the average.

Average of the 20 of 22 desks with a figure: 63.3 of 100. Unknown left out: Georgia, Thailand.

  1. Canada85.72024
  2. United States80.72020
  3. Portugal78.42023
  4. Australia76.82019
  5. Spain73.32024
  6. Ireland72.52023
  7. Netherlands69.92023
  8. Switzerland65.12019
  9. Italy65.12023
  10. United Kingdom64.72020
  11. Germany64.62023
  12. South Korea64.12020
  13. Francethis desk63.62024
  14. Japan59.22019
  15. Mexico51.92019
  16. Malta51.52024
  17. Cyprus50.62024
  18. United Arab Emirates46.72019
  19. Greece43.12024
  20. Estonia38.72024
  21. GeorgiaUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.
  22. ThailandUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.

In plain words

  • Expats ranked France 26 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was culture and welcome at 24.
  • Of the 3 countries Pew asked about here, China drew the most favourable opinions (36%, 2025).
  • Favourable opinions of United States went from 48% in 2019 to 36% in 2025 (Pew).

Sources and method are listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page.

What it means for you

What it means for you

Only figures with a source and a date. Each source is listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page. Anything not listed here is not on file.

  • Work

    The adult minimum wage (SMIC) in mainland France is 12.31 euro gross an hour, and 1,867.02 euro gross a month. Service-Public marks the page checked on 1 June 2026.

  • Taxes

    The standard VAT rate is 20 percent in mainland France and Corsica. The official tax bulletin states that rate in CGI article 278.

  • Benefits

    From 1 April 2026 the monthly revenu de solidarité active (basic income support) for a single person with no other resources rises from 646.52 euro to 651.69 euro. The Mayotte amount on the same notice is 325.85 euro.

  • Housing

    The metropolitan rent reference index (IRL) was 148.37 in the second quarter of 2026. INSEE published it on 10 July 2026. It is an index, base 100 in the fourth quarter of 1998, not a monthly rent.

  • Work permit

    The qualified-employee talent residence permit requires a work contract of more than 3 months with gross annual pay of at least 39,582 euro. Service-Public marks the page checked on 1 June 2026.

Sources, licences and image credits

Data

  • Wire (public RSS feeds): X, France 24, Le Monde English.
  • Bars use the Interior first-round share of votes cast, 30 June 2024. Where several of today's groups stood in one alliance, they share that figure and the line says so.
  • Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.

Survey sources

  • France — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2023: Gallup. Benedict Vigers, “Germany Less Accepting of Migrants Than in 2016”, Gallup, 17 February 2025. The table row for France shows 6.5 in 2016 and 6.4 in 2023. This desk uses the 2023 figure. An earlier Gallup table printed France at 6.46 for 2016; that more precise 2016 figure is not the one drawn here. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
  • France — MIPEX overall score 2024: MIPEX. The France country page is titled MIPEX 2025 and shows a 2024 label with “MIPEX Score (with Health): 56”. The page says “Scoring 56 on the MIPEX 100-point scale, France’s integration policies go halfway to promote societal integration.” Source. © MPG and CIDOB. The overall score is cited; the book is not reproduced. Public or commercial reuse beyond citation is not claimed.

Image credits

  • Rassemblement National logo — Rassemblement national · Public domain Source
  • Renaissance party logo, used here for the Ensemble group — Parti Renaissance · Public domain Source
  • La France insoumise logo — La France insoumise · Public domain Source
  • Geometric mark for the Socialist group — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Les Républicains logo, used here for the Republican Right group — Les Républicains · Public domain Source
  • Europe Écologie Les Verts logo, used here for the ecologist group — Unknown author · Public domain Source
  • MoDem logo, used here for Les Démocrates — Mouvement Démocrate · Public domain Source
  • Horizons party logo — Horizons · Public domain Source
  • Geometric mark for LIOT — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Geometric mark for the GDR group — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Geometric mark for the UDR group — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Geometric mark for non-inscrits — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Flag of France — Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain Source
  • Emmanuel Macron, President — Simon Dawson · CC BY 2.0 Source
  • Sébastien Lecornu, Prime Minister — Patrice Normand / Leextra via opale · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Marine Le Pen, president of the Rassemblement National group — Russian Presidential Press and Information Office · CC BY 4.0 Source
  • Gabriel Attal, president of the Ensemble group — DHSgov · Public domain Source
  • Mathilde Panot, president of the La France insoumise group — Antoine Stouls; modification by O.Taris · CC BY 4.0 Source
Questions the desk actually answers

FAQ

Questions the desk actually answers

Is the France desk live on Nation Runner?
Yes. It draws the National Assembly effectifs, with group snapshots dated 27 September 2026, and the president and prime minister named by the Élysée and vie-publique.fr. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
Which culture figures does the France desk show?
Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for France in 2023 (6.4 out of 9) and the MIPEX score of 56, labeled 2024 on the country page. The Pew Spring 2025 row already on the perceptions page is cited there.
Does the money tab score French party funds?
No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this

Seats: National Assembly, 27 September 2026. Votes: Interior Ministry definitive first round, 30 June 2024, Licence Ouverte. Polls: Ifop notices, Commission des sondages, August to October 2025. Offices: Élysée and vie-publique.fr. Rates: Service-Public, Ministry of Solidarity, INSEE. Culture: Gallup 2023 and MIPEX as labeled 2024.

How foreigners are seen

Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked; it shows as unknown.

InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations in 2025). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.

Welcoming index: the mean of the Gallup index rescaled to 0–100 (score ÷ 9 × 100) and the MIPEX overall score, rounded to one decimal. It is derived, not a survey result, and the two inputs come from different years. If either input is missing the index is unknown: it is not estimated, it sorts last and it is left out of the average.

What it means for you

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