Synonyms

National Assembly

British

noun

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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National Assembly

Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of France's National Assembly, said: "I refuse to allow women to be compelled to step aside in order to meet the demands of foreign visitors."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

A suicide prevention bill submitted by several NGOs to the National Assembly in 2024, seeking to protect the "rights of persons with suicidal behaviour", is yet to be passed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Former National Assembly deputy Nguyen Sy Cuong was indeed driving his car down Nguyen Huy Tu Street on 30 May, 2025, when his vehicle suddenly swerved across the road and into an oncoming motorcycle.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Seoul responded that it would “carefully review” the request, since its laws require approval from the National Assembly to deploy South Korean troops overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

And in August, the newly defined National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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