elections: French Guiana: The online Factbook is updated bi-weekly. male: metropolitan France:
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industry: Widespread opposition to labor reform has in recent years hampered the government's ability to revitalize the economy.
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fishmachinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourismmachinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beveragesGermany 14.3%, Italy 8.7%, Spain 8.3%, UK 7.8%, Belgium 7.6%, US 5.8%, Netherlands 4.2% (2008)machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicalsGermany 17.9%, Belgium 11.7%, Italy 8.3%, Spain 6.9%, Netherlands 6.8%, UK 5.1%, US 4.3% (2008)euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008 est.
), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)35.909 million; 35.0 million (metropolitan France) (2008)59.259 million; 57.972 million (metropolitan France) (2008)
industry: Many Internet sites use information and images from the CIA The Factbook is full of usually minor errors, inaccuracies, and out-of-date information, which are often repeated elsewhere due to the Scholars have acknowledged that some entries in the Reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the worldMiller, Jill Young. France's tax burden remains one of the highest in Europe - at nearly 50% of GDP in 2005.
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No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France 2020 information contained here. female: Its key economic sector is manufacturing - principally the wood, metals, engineering, telecommunications, and electronics industries. international:
Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the president of the National Assembly, and three appointed by the president of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'EtatCommunist, Republican and Citizen or CRC; Democratic Movement or MoDem [Francois BAYROU] (previously Union for French Democracy or UDF); Democratic and Social European Rally or RDSE [Yvon COLLIN] (mainly Radical Republican and Socialist Parties, and PRG); French Communist Party or PCF [Marie-George BUFFET]; Greens [Cecile DUFLOT]; Left Radical Party or PRG [Jean-Michel BAYLET] (previously Radical Socialist Party or PRS and the Left Radical Movement or MRG); Movement for France or MPF [Philippe DE VILLIERS]; National Front or FN [Jean-Marie LE PEN]; New Center or NC [Herve MORIN]; Radical Party [Jean-Louis BORLOO]; Rally for France or RPF [Charles PASQUA]; Republican and Citizen Movement or MRC [Jean Pierre CHEVENEMENT and Georges SARRE]; Socialist Party or PS [Martine AUBRY]; Union Centrist-UDF or UC-UDF [Michel MERCIER]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [Xavier BERTRAND]Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail or CFDT, left-leaning labor union with approximately 803,000 members; Confederation Generale des Cadres or CGC, independent white-collar union with 196,000 members; Confederation Generale du Travail or CGT, historically communist labor union with approximately 700,000 members; Confederation Generale du Travail - Force Ouvriere or FO, independent labor union with an estimated 300,000 members; Mouvement des Entreprises de France or MEDEF, employers' union with 750,000 companies as members (claimed) Imports - partners: Germany 28.9%, Russia 8.8%, Italy 6.5%, Netherlands 5.6%, France 5.1%, China 4.2% (2007) Economic aid - recipient: $1.524 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2004) Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $65.75 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
French Guiana: "CIA puts data on the internet." bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or Senat (343 seats, 321 for metropolitan France and overseas departments, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for Mayotte, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 3 for overseas territories, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve six-year terms; one third elected every three years); note - between 2006 and 2011, 15 new seats will be added to the Senate for a total of 348 seats - 326 for metropolitan France and overseas departments, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for Mayotte, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 3 for overseas territories, and 12 for French nationals abroad; starting in 2008, members will be indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve six-year terms with one-half elected every three years; and the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats, 555 for metropolitan France, 15 for overseas departments, 7 for dependencies; members are elected by popular vote under a single-member majority system to serve five-year terms)