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How does France's lower house National Assembly work?

This photograph shows an electoral card in Strasbourg, eastern France on June 22, 2024. Snap parliamentary polls are to be held in France on June 30 and July 7, 2024 following the dissolution of the National Assembly by the French president after the EU election debacle. © Abdesslam Mirdass, AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap legislative elections, with the two rounds set to take place on June 30 and July 7. But what is the role of those elected to the lower house National Assembly?

A French MP is elected by universal suffrage in any given constituency, defined as a territorial division of 125,000 inhabitants, although he or she represents the nation as a whole and serves the general interest.

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