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La politique
Francais 205- la politique et l'economie
| francais | English |
|---|---|
| la politique | politics |
| un pays | country |
| un etat | state, country |
| L'Etat | sovereign government |
| l'etat | general services of the nation |
| le regime politique | political regime |
| l'ancien regime | regime before 1789 |
| la nation | people who are part of the community |
| les symboles de la Republique francaise | Marianne, cock, flag |
| le coq gaulois | rooster |
| le drapeau | flag |
| un citoyen francais | French citizen |
| un Francais | French citizen |
| les Francais | French people |
| le peuple | citizens |
| les citoyens | citizens |
| populaire | popular |
| le pouvoir executif | executive branch/power |
| le chef d'Etat | chief of state |
| le President de la Republique | President |
| la politique etrangere | foreign politics |
| l'Elysee | presidential palace |
| le gouvernement | cabinet |
| le premier ministre | prime minister |
| la politique interieure | national politics |
| les ministres | ministers |
| le ministere | ministry |
| l'administration | government |
| le pouvoir legislatif | legislative branch/power |
| l'Assemblee Nationale | National Assembly, parliament |
| le parlement | parliament |
| un depute | legislator |
| la majorite | majority |
| l'opposition | minority |
| le Senat | Senate |
| les senateurs | senators |
| les partis | parties |
| s'incrire a un parti | to be a member of a party |
| etre membre d'un parti | to be a member of a party |
| militer pour un parti | to be active for a party |
| etre militant | to be active |
| etre membre actif de son parti | to be an active member for a party |
| a gauche | the left |
| a droit | the right |
| les Verts | Green Party |
| les ecologistes | ecologists |
| l'Union pour la Democratie francaise | moderate right party |
| l'Union pour un Mouvement Populaire | large right party |
| Front National | extreme right party |
| le Parti Communiste Francais | French Communist party |
| les elections | elections |
| voter | to vote |
| le droit de vote | right to vote |
| le bulletin | ballot |
| une campagne electorale | electoral campaign |
| un homme ou une femme politique | political man or woman |
| une programme | platform |
| un tract | brochure with platform |
| une affiche | sign with picture of candidate |
| un sondage | poll |
| elire | to elect |
| etre elu | to be elected |
| remporter une victoire | to win |
| gagner | to win |
| etre battu | to be beaten |
| essuyer une defaite | to be defeated |
| perdre | to lose |
| social | social |
| la protection sociale | Social Security |
| la Securite Sociale | Social Security |
| le chomage | unemployment |
| l'economie | economy |
| le pouvoir d'achat | economy |
| l'environnement | environment |
| l'immigration | immigration |
| l'emigration | emigration |
| l'insecurite | insecurity |
| l'education et la formation | education system |
| la modialisation | global issues |
| "l'Europe" | development of the E.U. |
| l'Union europeene | E.U. |
| manifester | to demonstrate |
| une manifestation | demonstration |
| une pancarte | placard |
| une banderole | banner |
| revendiquer | to demand |
| une revendication | demand |
| la greve | strike |
| faire greve | to go on strike |
| se mettre en greve | to go on strike |
| une emeute | riot |
| declencher une emeute | to cause a riot |
| une revolution | revolution |
| faire la revolution | to stage a revolution |
| le cout de la vie | cost of living |
| eleve | high |
| moyen | average |
| bas | low |
| le niveau de vie | standard of living |
| la consommation | consumption |
| un produit | product |
| augmenter | to increase |
| croitre | to increase |
| diminuer | to diminish, to decrease |
| baisser | to lower, to diminish, to fall, to decline |
| connaitre un declin | to decrease |
| une diminution | decrease |
| une augmentation | increase |
| l'equilibre | stability |
| la stabilite | stability |
| une crise | crisis |
| la recession | recession |
| la depression | depression |
| la croissance | expansion, growth |