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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Macron is the president and head of state. He’s elected directly by the citizens of France.

    Attal is (was) the prime minister and head of government. He’s elected by the members of parliament. He’s appointed by the president but needs majority support in parliament.

    “To form a government” usually means that someone is tasked by the head of state (president or king) to come up with a group of people (cabinet) that has majority support in the house(s) of parliament. That’s easy for Starmer when Labour has a majority. In other countries like the Netherlands, Germany, or Italy, that usually requires a coalition.

    That will now also be the case in France.













  • You don’t have a representative for your region. The EU parliament is based on proportional representation, so seats are assigned based on the share of votes for a given party.

    If you want to contact representatives, the list per country is the highest level of detail available. Personally, I’d start with the person or party you voted for.