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Politics of Réunion

Réunion is an 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 French President Emmanuel Macron, [6] who is represented by Prefect Jerome Filippini. The president of 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.

Elections held in Réunion include the French presidential vote.[ citation needed] A prefect is appointed by the president on the advice of the 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. ^ "Département de La Réunion (974)". insee.fr (in French). 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. ^ McDougall, Derek (1994). "The Indian Ocean commission: Regional cooperation in the South‐West Indian ocean". The Round Table. 83 (332): 455–467. doi: 10.1080/00358539408454228. ISSN  0035-8533.
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