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Senate of France


Background Color	#DC143C
Text Color	#FFFFFF
Name	Senate of France
Native Name	Sénat
Coa Res	200px
Session Room	Hemicycle Senat France.jpg
House Type	Upper house
Leader1 Type	Président
Leader1	Gérard Larcher
Party1	UMP
Election1	1 October 2008
Members	343 in 2010
Structure1	Sénat français en 2008.png
Structure1 Res	230px
Political Groups1	Union for a Popular Movement (151) Socialist (115) Centrist union (29) Communist, republican, citizen and of the senators of the Left party (24) European Democratic and Social Rally (17) Non-Attached Members (7)
Voting System1	Indirect election
Last Election1	21 September 2008
Next Election1	25 September 2011
Meeting Place	Luxembourg Palace, Paris

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The Senate ( ) is the upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.

The Senate enjoys less prominence than the lower house, the directly elected National Assembly; debates in the Senate tend to be less tense and generally enjoy less media coverage.

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