National Assembly

noun

1. French history the body constituted by the French Third Estate in June 1789 after the calling of the Estates General. It was dissolved in Sept 1791 to be replaced by the new Legislative Assembly

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Nigeria's national assembly Wednesday launched a probe into how $4.6 billion in international aid grants were spent as the country continues to grapple with high rates of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

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A snap legislative election last year produced an ungovernable National Assembly split three ways.

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France Inc. isn’t totally immune to chaos in the National Assembly.

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France's National Assembly has been split three ways for the last 15 months, with a centre-right bloc of under 200 MPs facing a left-wing alliance of about the same size and a far-right bloc of about 140, plus some independents.

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Following last year’s snap legislative elections, the National Assembly is divided three ways among a leftist coalition that includes the radical France Unbowed party, the insurgent-right National Rally, and a rump of Mr. Macron’s centrists squeezed in the middle.

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