16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

The 16th legislature of the Fifth French Republic (XVIe législature de la Cinquième République française) was elected in the 2022 French legislative election. It was preceded by the 15th legislature. On 9 June 2024, following a defeat in the 2024 European Parliament Elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly, as per article 12 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic, and called for snap elections on 30 June (1st round) and 7 July (2nd round).

Composition of the executive

 * President of France: Emmanuel Macron (LREM), since 14 May 2017

Membership
For the first time since the 1988 legislative election, the incumbent President of France failed to earn a parliamentary majority in the National Assembly. The 2022 legislative election was widely seen as a severe blow for Emmanuel Macron. Both the outgoing President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand and leader of the La République En Marche! party in the National Assembly Christophe Castaner lost their seats. The position of Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister was put into question following the election result. On 21 June 2022, she offered her resignation to President Macron, who refused to accept it.

On 28 June 2022, Yaël Braun-Pivet was elected to succeed Ferrand as President of the National Assembly.