2020 senatorial elections The
2020 senatorial elections led to a renforcement of the right-wing and centre majority. The parties making up majority of the
National Assembly failed to gain ascendancy, while the
Ecologist group reappeared. Because of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the renewal of six
senators representing French citizens living abroad was pushed back a year, while the French consular elections were themselves postponed till May 2021. As a result, their renewal took place in September 2021. In its previous configuration from the elections of 2022, the Senate was composed of three major groups (
LR,
UC and
SER) and six minor groups. It was thus predominantly right- and centre-leaning. The Republicans and Centrist Union group had 202 out of 348 seats, forming a majority. The main force of opposition came from the
Socialists with 64 senators.
2022 presidential and legislative elections These elections took place 16 months after the
2022 presidential election, which saw the reelection of the outgoing President
Emmanuel Macron, as well as 14 months after the
2022 legislative election, which marked the end of the
15th legislature of the Fifth Republic. The latter led to a recomposition of the
National Assembly, the lower house of the
French Parliament. ==Partisan objectives==