But, in February of 1871 there are elections and the provinces, particularly the conservative, western provinces like Brittany return this extremely monarchist dominated National Assembly that is going to determine the future of France.

在一八七一年二月,举行了一系列选举,并且那些守旧城市,像西部城市布列塔尼,那里的国民大会,又重新被极端君主专制主义者们掌握,而这将决定法国的未来

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His mainstream right held all the trump cards: the presidency, the government, four-fifths of the seats in the National Assembly, two-thirds of the Senate, 19 of mainland France's 22 regions, most of the big towns.

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Lawmakers in France's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, on Saturday passed with a wide majority the most important article of a law to legalize same-sex marriage.

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The Socialists now control almost all of France's political institutions: the presidency, the National Assembly, the Senate, all but one of the 22 regions and most local government.

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